Aśokāvadāna
The Ashokavadana (; ; ) is an Indian Sanskrit-language text that describes the birth and reign of the third Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. It glorifies Ashoka as a Buddhist emperor whose only ambition was to spread Buddhism far and wide.
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- Author
- Sujitkumar Mukhopadhyaya
- First published
- 1963
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Buddhist legends
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Ashokavadana अशोकावदान
- Book.author
- Possibly Buddhist monks of the Mathura region
- Book.language
- Sanskrit
- Book.series
- Divyavadana
- Book.subject
- Life of King Ashoka
- Book.genre
- Fictional narrative
- Book.pub_date
- 4-5th century
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Date of composition
- Translations
- Narratives
- Life of Upagupta
- Early life of Ashoka
- Ashoka's Buddhist kingship
- Story of Kunala
- Ashoka's last days
- Historicity
- Description of violence by Ashoka
- Description of Pushyamitra
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Ashokavadana (; ; ) is an Indian Sanskrit-language text that describes the birth and reign of the third Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. It glorifies Ashoka as a Buddhist emperor whose only ambition was to spread Buddhism far and wide.
Ashokavadana, also known as Ashokarajavadana, is one of the avadana texts contained in the Divyavadana (Divyāvadāna, "Divine Narrative"), an anthology of several Buddhist narratives. According to Jean Przyluski, the text was composed by the Buddhist monks of the Mathura region, as it highly praises the city of Mathura, its monasteries, and its monks.