[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.c6.3483 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3483 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3483 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3483) ¹ The chief Pāli sources of information regarding Asoka are \*Dīpavaṃsa\* (chaps. i., v., vi., vii., xi., etc.), \*Mahāvaṃsa\* (v., xi., xx., etc.), \*Samantapāsādikā\* (pp. 35 ff.). Other sources are the \*Divyāvadāna\* passim, and the \*Avadānaśataka\* ii. 200 ff. For an exhaustive discussion of the sources and their contents see Przlyski, \*La Légende de l’Empereur Asoka\*. - [Previous: v1.c6.3482](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3482) - [Next: v1.c6.3484](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3484) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) ## Cites (5) - [Divyāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanasamgraha.divyavadana) — Sanskrit - [Avadānaśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanasamgraha.avadanasataka) — Sanskrit - [Dīpavaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.dipavamsa) — Pāli - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli - [Samantapāsādikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.samantapasadika) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3483) · Pramāṇa