The Ashokavadana (Sanskrit: अशोकावदान; IAST: Aśokāvadāna; lit. 'Narrative of Ashoka') 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.
The Ashokavadana (Sanskrit: अशोकावदान; IAST: Aśokāvadāna; lit. 'Narrative of Ashoka') 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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