Chandashok

English translation: चण्डाशोक

19:39 May 3, 2008
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
History / Name of Emperor
Hindi term or phrase: Chandashok
Hi,

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It talks about the same “Chandashok that became Dharmashok”.

Please write in Devanagari and give the exact meaning.

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Simon
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English translation:चण्डाशोक
Explanation:
अशोक चण्डाशोक(Ashok, the aggressor) से धर्माशोक(Ashok, the pious) बन गया।
http://www.indianembassy.de/templateg.php?inclpage=culture.h...

http://www.pustak.org/bs/home.php?bookid=5960


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http://www.behindthename.com/name/chanda
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5 +4चण्डाशोक
Pundora
5 +3चण्ड अशोक
Rajesh Srivastava
3 +2'chanda' short form of 'chandala' a low cast who did the work of undertakers.
nke
4 +1आक्रमणकारी अशोक या विजेता अशोक
chandan mishra


  

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'chanda' short form of 'chandala' a low cast who did the work of undertakers.


Explanation:
I think ‘chanda is a short form of 'chandala' - who were crematorium attendants who carried out undertakers tasks in ancient India. They were considered the lowest of the ‘untouchable’ casts as they dealt with dead bodies. King Ashoka, who belonged to the higher 'Kshtriya' caste ( of royals and warriers) earned the "shameful" sobriquet of Chandashoka
(the lowest of the low castes) because of his sheer brutality in his earlier life whereby he made battlefields become graveyards. In the battle with the kingdom of Kalinga, the whole of Kalinga army was killed to a man and there was none left alive in the battlefield. Ashoka is said to have become so horror struck and deeply shocked by his own actions that he eschewed violence for good, became a Buddhist and spread the doctrine of ‘non – violence’ far and wide across his kingdom. Thus the purveyor of corpses became the evangelist for non – violence and converted to Buddhism and this conversion earned him the name of ‘Dhamashoka’ – the follower of the Dhama/dharma(religion) of Buddhism.

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sorry, forgot to write in Devanagari as asked.

'चंडाशोक' ‍ Chandashoka

'धम्माशोक' Dhammashoka

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sorry again, your query says Dharma not Dhamma. 'Dhamma' is "the truth taught by the Buddha" so since Ashoka converted to Buddhism he may have been called Dhammashoka in some placesI think!

'चंडाशोक' ‍ Chandashoka

'धर्माशोक' Dharmashoka


    Reference: http://www.indopedia.org/Ashoka.html
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चण्डाशोक


Explanation:
अशोक चण्डाशोक(Ashok, the aggressor) से धर्माशोक(Ashok, the pious) बन गया।
http://www.indianembassy.de/templateg.php?inclpage=culture.h...

http://www.pustak.org/bs/home.php?bookid=5960


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http://www.behindthename.com/name/chanda

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चण्ड अशोक


Explanation:
यह वास्तव में सम्राट अशोक का नाम है जो अपने युद्धों के कारण पहले चण्ड अशोक और बाद मे बौद्ध धर्म के अनुयायी होने के कारण धर्म अशोक कहलाए। चण्ड का अर्थ है भयंकर, इसी से शब्द बना है प्रचंड।
अपने भाइयों के रक्त से रंजित मगध के सिंहासन पर आरूढ़ होकर अशोक ने अपना साम्राज्य शुरू किया था, लाखों लोगों का खून बहाया किंतु कलिंग विजय के पश्चात इसके जीवन में एक ऐसा मोड़ आया। जिसमें उसके संपूर्ण जीवन-दर्शन को बदल दिया। उसे अपनाकर वह बना ‘प्रियदर्शी’ और हृदय सम्राट- धर्म अशोक।

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आक्रमणकारी अशोक या विजेता अशोक


Explanation:
Chandashok का मतलब आक्रमणकारी अशोक है।कलिंग युद्ध से पहले उन्होंने आक्रमण करके ,कइ राज्य जीते,राज्य जीतने के लिये उन्होंने कई लोगों को मौत के घाट भी उतारा।

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पुराने समय में भारत में मौर्य शासकों का साम्राज्य था(322 B.C-185 B.C)
सम्राट अशोक(273 BC-232 BC)मौर्य शासकों में सबसे ज्यादा प्रसिद्ध हुए।
उन्होंने सत्ता में आने के लिये तथा राज्यों को जीतने के लिये काफी खून खराबा किया।
इसलिये उन्हें चण्डअशोक कहा जाता है।
लेकिन कलिंग युद्ध के बाद उनका मन बदला और वो एक धार्मिक व्यक्ति(धर्माशोक)बन गये।


Example sentence(s):
  • The bloodbath in Kalinga War transformed Chandashok to Dharmashok. He turned to Buddhism and helped spread the religion in India and abroad

    Reference: http://www.naxatranews.com/naxatra.php?key=35
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