There are 7 total results for your 阿育 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
阿育 see styles |
ā yù a1 yu4 a yü ashoka あしょか |
(given name) Ashoka Aśoka, 阿恕伽; 阿輸迦(or 阿舒迦, or 阿叔迦) Grandson of Candragupta (Sandrokottos), who united India and reached the summit of his career about 315 B.C. Aśoka reigned from about 274 to 237 B.C. His name Aśoka, 'free from care,' may have been adopted on his conversion. He is accused of the assassination of his brother and relatives to gain the throne, and of a fierce temperament in his earlier days. Converted, he became the first famous patron of Buddhism, encouraging its development and propaganda at home and abroad, to which existing pillars, etc., bear witness; his propaganda is said to have spread from the borders of China to Macedonia, Epirus, Egypt, and Cyrene. His title is Dharmāśoka; he should be distinguished from Kālāśoka, grandson of Ajātaśatru. Cf. 阿育伽經、 阿育伽傳, etc. |
阿育王 see styles |
ā yù wáng a1 yu4 wang2 a yü wang Aiku ō |
Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[Kong3 que4 Wang2 chao2], ruled 273-232 BC Aśoka |
法阿育 see styles |
fǎ ā yù fa3 a1 yu4 fa a yü Hōaiku |
Dharmāśoka; name given to Aśoka on his conversion; cf. 阿育. |
阿育伽樹 阿育伽树 see styles |
ā yù qié shù a1 yu4 qie2 shu4 a yü ch`ieh shu a yü chieh shu aikuka ju |
The name of a tree under which the mother of the Buddha was painlessly delivered of her son, for which Chinese texts give eight different dates; the jonesia aśoka; it is also called 畢利叉 vṛkṣa. |
阿育吠陀 see styles |
ā yù fèi tuó a1 yu4 fei4 tuo2 a yü fei t`o a yü fei to |
Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy) |
阿育王山 see styles |
ā yù wáng shān a1 yu4 wang2 shan1 a yü wang shan aikuouzan / aikuozan あいくおうざん |
(place-name) Asoka Mountain (Zhejiang, China) King Aśoka Mountain |
阿育魏實 阿育魏实 see styles |
ā yù wèi shí a1 yu4 wei4 shi2 a yü wei shih |
seed of ajwain; Semen Trachyspermi coptici |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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