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མྱ་ངན་མེད། | Glossary of Terms

    མྱ་ངན་མེད།

    mya ngan med

    A­śoka

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Translation by Gyurme Dorje
  • A­śoka
  • མྱ་ངན་མེད།
  • mya ngan med
  • A­śoka

Mauryan emperor (304–232 ʙᴄᴇ).

Translation by Joshua Capitanio
  • Aśoka
  • མྱ་ངན་མེད།
  • mya ngan med
  • Aśoka

The historical Indian king of the Maurya dynasty who ruled over most of India c. 268–232 ʙᴄᴇ. His name means “without sorrow.”

Translation by Laura Dainty
  • Aśoka
  • མྱ་ངན་མེད།
  • mya ngan med
  • Aśoka

The historical Indian king of the Maurya dynasty who ruled over most of India c. 268–232 ʙᴄᴇ. In this text he appears to be briefly referenced as the biological father of the prince Suckler of the Earth Breast, adopted as the Chinese prince who, according to this text, is said to have been the first person to settle in Khotan.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Aśoka
  • མྱ་ངན་མེད།
  • mya ngan med
  • Aśoka

An emperor of the Maurya dynasty who ruled much of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 ʙᴄᴇ.