Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

analyses: 3

dhammāsoka
  1. dhammā

    Dhammā, an arahant nun (Therī) mentioned in early Buddhist texts

  2. soka

    grief; sorrow; sadness; mourning

dhammaasoka
  1. dhamma

    the Buddha’s teaching; the doctrine; the Dhamma

  2. asoka

    free from sorrow; sorrowless; without grief

dhammāasoka
  1. dhammā

    Dhammā, an arahant nun (Therī) mentioned in early Buddhist texts

  2. asoka

    free from sorrow; sorrowless; without grief

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Dhammāsoka
Other

  • A cross-reference to King Asoka.

Dhammāsoka2
Person

  • A king of Sri Lanka in the early thirteenth century, of royal blood and only three months old at his accession, who was killed by the Mahādipāda Anīkaṅga.

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