[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c6.3482 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3482 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3482 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3482](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3482) 1. \*\*Asoka.\*\*—King of Magadha. He was the son of Bindusāra. Bindusāra had sixteen wives who bore him 101 sons. The Pāli Chronicles (\*Dīpavaṃsa\* and \*Mahāvaṃsa\*)¹ mention only three of the sons, viz. Sumana (Susīma according to the northern legends) the eldest, Asoka, and Tissa (uterine brother of Asoka) the youngest. The \*Mahāvaṃsa Ṭīkā\*² gives the name of his mother as Dhammā and calls her Aggamahesī (Bindusāra’s chief queen); she belonged to the Moriyavaṃsa. The preceptor of Dhammā’s family was an Ājīvaka called Janasāna.³ - [Previous: v1.c6.3481](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3481) - [Next: v1.c6.3483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3483) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3482](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3482) · Pramāṇa