Asoka

[ uh-soh-kuh ]

/ əˈsoʊ kə /

died 232 b.c., Buddhist king in India 269?–232? b.c.

Example sentences from the Web for asoka

Asoka elevated, so Mr. Smith has said, a sect of Hinduism to the rank of a world-religion.

Studies in Literature and History |Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
Asoka has won immortality by the Edicts which he caused to be engraved on stone.

Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) |Charles Eliot
Doubtless Asoka duly studied these questions, but it was not theology nor metaphysics which drew him towards religion.

Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) |Charles Eliot
Then she bent and broke the flowery twigs from trees, such as the Sala, the Asoka and the Tilaka.

Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 |Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The name Piyadassi is the official epithet always used by Asoka in his inscriptions when speaking of himself.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 1 |Various

Asoka

/ (əˈsəʊkə, əˈʃəʊ-) /

died 232 bc, Indian emperor (?273–232 bc), who elevated Buddhism to the official state religion