asoka

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See also: Asoka and Aśoka

English

Noun

asoka (plural asokas)

  1. Alternative form of ashoka

Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka)

Adjective

asoka

  1. free from sorrow[1]

Declension

Declension table of "asoka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)asokoasokā
Accusative (second)asokaṃasoke
Instrumental (third)asokenaasokehi or asokebhi
Dative (fourth)asokassa or asokāya or asokatthaṃasokānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)asokasmā or asokamhā or asokāasokehi or asokebhi
Genitive (sixth)asokassaasokānaṃ
Locative (seventh)asokasmiṃ or asokamhi or asokeasokesu
Vocative (calling)asokaasokā
Declension table of "asoka" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)asokaṃasokāni
Accusative (second)asokaṃasokāni
Instrumental (third)asokenaasokehi or asokebhi
Dative (fourth)asokassa or asokāya or asokatthaṃasokānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)asokasmā or asokamhā or asokāasokehi or asokebhi
Genitive (sixth)asokassaasokānaṃ
Locative (seventh)asokasmiṃ or asokamhi or asokeasokesu
Vocative (calling)asokaasokāni

Noun

asoka m[1]

  1. Ashoka tree[1]

Declension

Declension table of "asoka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)asokoasokā
Accusative (second)asokaṃasoke
Instrumental (third)asokenaasokehi or asokebhi
Dative (fourth)asokassa or asokāya or asokatthaṃasokānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)asokasmā or asokamhā or asokāasokehi or asokebhi
Genitive (sixth)asokassaasokānaṃ
Locative (seventh)asokasmiṃ or asokamhi or asokeasokesu
Vocative (calling)asokaasokā

Proper noun

asoka m

  1. Indian male name (commonly rendered Ashoka)[1]

Declension

As the name of the tree above.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 61.
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