अशोकावदान
Also known as Aśokarājāvadāna
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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