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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अशोकaśokaa.Without sorrow, not feeling or causing sorrow.

    Without sorrow, not feeling or causing sorrow.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः

      1. Name of a tree having red flowers (Jonesia Asoka Roxb.); [said, according to the convention of poets, to put forth flowers when struck by ladies with the foot decked with jingling anklets and painted with lack-dye. Kālidāsa mentions the flowering of this tree in Spring (Compare Rs.6.5,16). The painted foot bears a striking resemblance in colour to the flowers of Asoka (Compare R.8.63). Compare असूत सद्यः कुसुमान्यशोकः... पादेन नापैक्षत सुन्दरीणां संपर्कमाशिञ्जितनूपुरेण Ku.3.26; Me.8; R.8.62; M.3.12.17; also पादाघातादशोकस्तिलककुरबकौ वीक्षणालिङ्गनाभ्याम् । स्त्रीणा स्पर्शात् प्रियङ्गुर्विकसति बकुलः सीधुगण्डूषसेकात् । मन्दारो नर्मवाक्यात् पटु- मृदुहसनाच्चम्पको वक्त्रवातात् चूतो गीतान्नमेरुर्विकसति च पुरो नर्तनात्- कर्णिकारः ॥]
      2. Name of Viṣṇu.
      3. Name of a minister of king Dasaratha. (Vartious reading for अकोप. Rām.1.7.3).
      4. Name of a celebrated king of the Maurya dynasty, said to have reigned from 234-198 B. C.
      5. Name of the बकुल. tree अशोको व़ञ्जुले माने द्रुमनिःशोकयोर्मतः । वर्तते कटुरोहिण्याम्... Nm.
      6. Joy, happiness; अशोकजैः प्रीतिमयैः कपिमालिङ्गय संभ्रमात् । सिषेच भरतः श्रीमान्विपुलैरश्रुबिन्दुभिः ॥ Rām.6.125.42.

    • -का

      1. Name of a medical plant (कटुक; Marâthî कुटकी).
      2. The sixth day in the first half of Chaitra.
      3. One of the female domestic deities of the Jainas.

    • -कम्

      1. Quicksilver.
      2. The blossom of the Asoka plant (forming one of the five arrows of Cupid).

    • -अरिः the कदम्ब tree (Marâthî कळंब).

    • -अष्टमी नास्ति शोको यस्याः कर्मdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied स. the eighth day in the first half of Chaitra.

    • -तरुः, -नगः, -वृक्षः the Asoka tree.

    • -तीर्थम् a holy place named Aśoka near Benares.

    • -त्रिरात्रः, -त्रम् Name of a festival or व्रत which lasts for three nights; B. Parasmaipada (उत्तरपर्व) अस्त्यशोकत्रिरात्राख्यं व्रतं शोकभयापहम् । त्रिरात्रं तच्च कर्तव्यं व्रतं शोकविनाशनम् ॥.

    • -पूर्णिमा Name of a certain holiday, a ceremony to be observed on the 15th day of the month of Phālguna.

    • -मञ्जरी Name of a metre.

    • -रोहिणी Name of a medical plant (कटुका).

    • -वनिका a grove of Aśoka trees; प्रविवेश महाबाहुरशोकवनिकां तदा Rām.7.42.1. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedन्याय see under न्याय.

    • -षष्ठी Name of a certain holiday; चैत्रे मास्य- सिते पक्षे षष्ठयां षष्ठीं प्रपूजयेत् । सुखाय पुत्रलाभाय शुक्लपक्षे तथैव च ॥.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अशोकaśoka[á-soka] a. free from sorrow; m. Asoka tree; n. Asoka flower (orange and scarlet); -kara, m. N. of a fairy: î…

    [á-soka] adjective free from sorrow; masculine Asoka tree; neuter Asoka flower (orange and scarlet); -kara, masculine noun of a fairy: î, feminine; also equal for noun; -taru, masculine Asoka tree; -datta, masculine noun; -naga, masculine Asoka tree; -mâlâ, feminine; also equal for noun; -vriksha, masculine Asoka tree.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अशोकaśoka(in comp.)
    1. (in compound)
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender (√1. शुच्), not causing sorrow Name; Lalit.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender not feeling sorrow Nalo7d.
    4. masculine gender the tree Jonesia Asoka Roxb. (a tree of moderate size belonging to the leguminous class with magnificent red flowers) MBh. etc.
    5. masculine gender Name of a minister of king Das3aratha दशरथ R. i, 7, 3
    6. masculine gender of a well-known king (in Pa1t2aliputra पाटलिपुत्र) MBh. Buddh. etc.
    7. masculine gender a female name, (gaRa शुभ्रा*दि quod vide)
    8. masculine gender Name of one of the female deities of the Jainas जैन s Lexicographers
    9. neuter gender the blossom of the As3oka अशोक plant Vikr., (confer, compare Pa1n2. 4-3, 166 Siddh.)
    10. neuter gender quicksilver Lexicographers
    11. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√3. शुच्), without heat S3Br. xiv.
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  2. अशोककरaśokakaram. "rendering sorrowless", N. of a Vidya1dhara विद्याधर Katha1s.

    masculine gender "rendering sorrowless", Name of a Vidya1dhara विद्याधर Katha1s.

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  3. अशोककरीaśokakarīf. a female name Katha1s.

    feminine a female name Katha1s.

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  4. अशोकतरुaśokatarum. the As3oka अशोक tree N.

    masculine gender the As3oka अशोक tree Name

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  5. अशोकतीर्थaśokatīrthan. N. of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ MBh. iii, 8338 SkandaP.

    neuter gender Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ MBh. iii, 8338 SkandaP.

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  6. अशोकत्रिरात्रaśokatrirātram. N. of a feast which lasts three nights BhavP. ii.

    masculine gender Name of a feast which lasts three nights BhavP. ii.

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  7. अशोकदत्तaśokadattam. N. of a man Katha1s.

    masculine gender Name of a man Katha1s.

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  8. अशोकद्वादशीaśokadvādaśīf. N. of certain holidays MatsyaP. BhavP. ii.

    feminine Name of certain holidays MatsyaP. BhavP. ii.

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