Last updated: March 2026

Character Name

Ashok

Meaning — Derived from Sanskrit "a" (without) and "shoka" (grief or sorrow), meaning "one who is without sorrow" or "he who destroys sorrow". The name is immortalised by the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great, who renounced violence after the Kalinga War and spread Buddhism across Asia.·Sanskrit origin·Male·ah-SHOK

Ashok Named for the emperor who converted his empire's war machine into a vehicle of dharmic compassion, Ashok suggests a character who has known great violence or sorrow — and been transformed by it. In fiction such characters often undergo dramatic moral conversions, arriving at hard-won peace through catastrophe.

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AshokAshokaAsoka

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Ashok KumarAshok SharmaAshok GuptaAshok VermaAshok Rao

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