Devanampriya Priyadarshi

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Devanampriya Priyadarshi is an honorific epithet of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, famed for his vast Indian empire and his promotion of Buddhism and nonviolence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific epithet
royal title
appearsIn Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka
Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka
Pillar Edicts of Ashoka
associatedWithConcept Dhamma
nonviolence
religious tolerance
welfare of subjects
associatedWithDynasty Maurya dynasty
linked to: Maurya Empire
associatedWithEmpire Maurya Empire
associatedWithPolicy moral governance
promotion of Buddhism
rejection of unnecessary warfare
associatedWithReligion Buddhism
component Devanampriya
Priyadarshi
culturalContext ancient Indian royal titulature
epithetType regnal epithet
historicalSourceType epigraphic evidence
honorificFor Mauryan emperor
honorificSense pious king loved by the gods
language Prakrit
linkedToEvent post-Kalinga war reign of Ashoka
linkedToPlace Dhauli rock edict
Girnar rock edict
Jaugada rock edict
Lauria Nandangarh pillar edict
Mansehra rock edict
Rampurva pillar edict
Sarnath pillar edict
Shahbazgarhi rock edict
linked to: Taxila inscriptions
meaning Beloved of the Gods, He who looks on with affection
refersTo Ashoka
region Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
scholarlyIdentification identified with Ashoka by modern historians
script Brahmi
Kharosthi
timePeriod 3rd century BCE
titleHolder Ashoka the Great
linked to: Ashoka
usedAs opening formula in Ashokan edicts
usedBy Ashoka
usedIn Ashokan edicts
usedInInscriptionType royal edict
usedInMedium pillar inscriptions
rock inscriptions

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Ashoka alsoKnownAs Devanampriya Priyadarshi
Devanampiya Piyadassi etymologyComponent Devanampriya
linked to: Devanampriya Priyadarshi
Devanampiya Piyadassi transliteratedAs Devanampriya Priyadarsi
linked to: Devanampriya Priyadarshi
Devanampiya Piyadassi transliteratedAs Devanampriya Priyadarshi
Devanampriya Priyadarshi component Devanampriya
linked to: Devanampriya Priyadarshi