摩揭陀國王，旃陀笈多（Candagutta）之子、阿育王之父，其母懷孕時因誤食毒物被大臣為救胎兒而殺，胎兒隨後被寄養於連續七隻新宰母羊的子宮中七日方得出生，因此周身留下斑點。

A king of Magadha, son of Candagutta and father of Asoka, whose birth—after his pregnant mother was killed to save him from poisoned food—involved being carried for seven days in the wombs of freshly slaughtered goats, leaving his body famously spotted.