Ashoka tree is a common name for two plants which are frequently confused with each other:
Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar
Saraca indica, native to eastern Myanmar and Southeast Asia
Monoon longifolium is sometimes called the "false ashoka"
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Ashokatree is a common name for two plants which are frequently confused with each other: Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar Saraca...
Ashoka (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha...
known as the ashokatree (lit. "sorrow-less"), is a plant belonging to the Detarioideae subfamily of the legume family. It is an important tree in the cultural...
Monoon longifolium, the false ashoka, also commonly known by its synonym Polyalthia longifolia, is an Asian small tree species in the family Annonaceae...
The Major Rock Edicts of Indian Emperor Ashoka refer to 14 separate major Edicts of Ashoka which are significantly detailed and represent some of the earliest...
according to Indian folklore. The ashokatree is closely associated with yakshinis. The young girl at the foot of the tree is an ancient motif indicating...
the east, banyan in the north, bel in the centre, amla in the west and ashokatree in the south. The sacred fruits and plants include the Bael, Kusha grass...
refused to stay in Ravana's palace and preferred to stay under shimshapa tree in Ashoka Vatika. It was here that Ravana's wife Mandodari came to meet her and...
Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam (transl. Arjun's wedding in the garden of Ashokatrees) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed...
The pillars of Ashoka are a series of monolithic pillars dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected—or at least inscribed with edicts—by the...
tree or an Ashokatree in a garden in Lumbini in south Nepal. Also according to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha was lying between a pair of sal trees when...
mythology are closely associated with trees, especially the ashokatree and the sal tree. Although these tree deities are usually benevolent, there are...
Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, attributed to Emperor Ashoka of...
Saraca is sometimes confused with the false ashoka, Monoon longifolium, which is a lofty evergreen tree native to India. It exhibits symmetrical pyramidal...
kinds of fragrant flowers. The five flowers are white lotus, Ashokatree flowers, Mango tree flowers, Jasmine flowers, and blue lotus flowers. The names...
The Lion Capital of Ashoka is the capital, or head, of a column erected by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Sarnath, India, c. 250 BCE. Its crowning features...
undertook severe fasts and bodily mortifications, meditated under the Ashokatree, and discarded his clothes. The Ācārāṅga Sūtra has a graphic description...
Nikaya 23) and in the "Hatthaka Discourse" (Anguttara Nikaya 3.34). Ashokatree For example, Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 708, entry for "Siŋsapā"...
(pot) Darpan (mirror) Pair of fish Dharmachakra, Shrivatsa, Kalasha, AshokaTree and Nandavart. Symbol usage at the Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves, Odisha...
presumptive Kunala. She was very jealous of the attention paid by Ashoka to the Bodhi-tree, and caused it to be killed by means of poisonous thorns. It is...
Shashthi on Ashoka Shashthi, the sixth lunar day of the month of Chaitra. In this region, women will drink water from six flower-buds of the Ashokatree to secure...
and believed to be the eldest daughter (Sri Lankan Tradition) of Emperor Ashoka (304 BC – 232 BC) and his first wife and Empress, Devi (302 BCE – 242 BCE)...
Pillar Edicts of Indian Emperor Ashoka refer to 7 separate major Edicts of Ashoka inscribed on columns (the Pillars of Ashoka), which are significantly detailed...
popular religion, related to fertility. The sal tree (Shorea robusta) is often confused with the ashokatree (Saraca indica) in the ancient literature of...
Aśokāvadāna; "Narrative of Ashoka") is an Indian Sanskrit-language text that describes the birth and reign of the third Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. It contains legends...
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