- The
Ashokavadana (Sanskrit: अशोकावदान; IAST:
Aśokāvadāna; "Narrative of Ashoka") is an
Indian Sanskrit-language text that
describes the
birth and reign...
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ancient sources however claim a
greater extent for the
Shunga empire: the
Asokavadana account of the
Divyavadana claims that the
Shungas sent an army to ****cute...
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Buddhist texts, including: The Divyāvadāna (3rd–4th
century CE) The
Aśokāvadāna (2nd
century CE) The Mahāvaṃsa (5th
century CE)
Chinese Buddhist accounts...
- With the
death of Pusyamitra, the
Mauryan lineage came to an end. --
Aśokāvadāna This text
appears to have
confused Brihadratha with Pushyamitra. H. C...
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killed by Puṣyamitra of
Mauryan lineage,
according to the
second century Aśokāvadāna. "Then King
Pushyamitra equipped a
fourfold army, and
intending to destroy...
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anthology contains 38
avadana stories in all,
including the well-known
Aśokāvadāna "Legend of Aśoka",
which was
translated into
English by John
Strong (Princeton...
- S. (1989). The
Legend of King Aśoka: A
Study and
Translation of the
Aśokāvadāna.
Motilal Banarsid****. ISBN 978-81-208-0616-0. Strong, John S. (1995)...
- S. (1989). The
legend of King Aśoka : a
study and
translation of the
Aśokāvadāna. Princeton:
Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01459-0. Rajadhyaksha...
- Avadānaśataka is
similar to and
possibly from the same
milieu as the
Aśokāvadāna and the Ratnamālāvadāna. The text was
later translated into
Chinese (as...
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Buddhism is not
mentioned in
either the
Theravada tradition or in the
Asokavadana, which,
since it was
transmitted mainly in
Mahayana circles, we shall...
