The Sanskrit term Saśoka can be transliterated into English as Sasoka or Sashoka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Sanskrit Literature: The Ashoka

In the Purāṇas it (the aśoka tree) is said to have got its name from a certain evil and cruel Saśoka (‘with-grief’ or ‘he who brings grief’) who came across a meditating sage and, amazed to see the sage did not flee him, felt a sudden repulsion for his behaviour which made him fall at the sage’s feet. The sage advised practice of dharma and Saśoka was eventually reborn as a sorrow-removing tree, the aśoka (‘free of grief’).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saśoka (सशोक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Sorrowful, sad. n. Adv.

(-kaṃ) Sorrowfully. E. sa with, śoka sorrow.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saśoka (सशोक).—adj. sorrowfal. [Hitopadeśa] 77, 1; sad, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 6, 16. ºkam, adv. sorrowfully, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 52, 18. Hṛcchoka, i. e.

Saśoka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and śoka (शोक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saśoka (सशोक).—[adjective] afflicted, sad; [neuter] [adverb]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saśoka (सशोक):—[=sa-śoka] [from sa > sa-śakala] mf(ā)n. sorrowful, sad (am ind.), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kālidāsa] etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saśoka (सशोक):—[sa-śoka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Sorrowful.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sashoka in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saśōka (ಸಶೋಕ):—[adjective] undergoing deep anguish; afflicted; grieving.

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Saśōka (ಸಶೋಕ):—[noun] a man undergoing deep anguish, affliction or grief.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shoka, Sha, Ca, Coka.

Starts with: Sashokam, Sashokata.

Full-text: Sashokam, Sashokata, Ravana, Ashoka, Ravita.

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