Ashoka - Aiku

…Years of birth and death unknown. In the Pali Buddhist scriptures, he is called Asoka, and in the Chinese translation of the Buddhist scriptures, he is transliterated as Ashoka, which is also translated as Muwang. His grandfather was Chandragupta, the founder of the dynasty, and his father was Bindusara. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…生没年不詳。パーリ語仏典ではアソーカAsokaとし，漢訳仏典では阿育と音写され，無憂と意訳される。祖父は王朝の創始者チャンドラグプタ，父はビンドゥサーラ。…

※「阿育」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報