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Plant name	aśoka
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Saraca indica L.
Sanskrit name	aśoka
Hindi name	aśok
Tamil name	acōkam
Malayalam name	aśōkam
English name	Ashoka
Search occurrence	aśoka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 113) aśoka 1, mf(ā)n. (1. śuc), not causing sorrowN., Lalit.; not feeling sorrow Nalod.; m. the tree Jonesia Asoka Roxb. (a tree of moderate size belonging to the leguminous class with magnificent red flowers), MBh. &c.; N. of a minister of king Daśaratha, R. i, 7, 3; of a well-known king (in Pāṭaliputra), MBh., Buddh. &c.; (ā), f. N. of a medicinal plant, L.; a female name, (g. śubhrādi q.v.); N. of one of the female deities of the Jainas, L.; (am) n. the blossom of the Aśoka plant Vikr., (cf., Pāṇ. 4-3, 166 Siddh.); quicksilver, L.

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