- The
Ashokavadana (Sanskrit: अशोकावदान; IAST: Aśokāvadāna; "Narrative of Ashoka") is an
Indian Sanskrit-language text that
describes the
birth and reign...
- For example, both
Ashokavadana and
Mahavamsa mention that Ashoka's
empress Tishyarak****a had the
Bodhi Tree destro****. In
Ashokavadana, the
empress manages...
- that
provide information about Bindusara include Divyavadana (including
Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana), Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa,
Vamsatthappakasini (also...
- and the main
texts that
provide information about his life (such as
Ashokavadana and Mahavamsa) do not name his mother. The
Asokavadanamala names her...
- of the
Maurya Empire. The
torture palace's
legend is
detailed in the
Ashokavadana, the text that
describes Emperor Ashoka's life
through both legendary...
- Buddhists. The
earliest source to
mention this is the 2nd
Century CE text
Ashokavadana (a part of Divyavadana).
According to this account,
Pushyamitra (described...
-
hundred Buddhist legends,
approximately dating to the same time as the
Ashokavadana. Ratnamālāvadāna. The work may be from the
Mulasarvastivada school. Strong...
- and last wife of the
third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka.
According to the
Ashokavadana, she was
responsible for
blinding Ashoka's son and heir
presumptive Kunala...
- king's temple" as a
rendering of "raja-pasada-cetikasa." On the
basis of
Ashokavadana, it is
presumed that the
stupa may have been
vandalised at one point...
-
chronicles by his son Kalashoka. On the
basis of the
evidence of the
Ashokavadana,
Hermann Jacobi,
Wilhelm Geiger and
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar concluded...
