අසොක
Pali
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Alternative scripts
Adjective
අසොක
- Sinhala script form of asoka (“free from sorrow”)
- c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
- 8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28
පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.- 8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati. - 8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below. - (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)
- 8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
Declension
Declension table of "අසොක" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | අසොකො (asoko) | අසොකා (asokā) |
| Accusative (second) | අසොකං (asokaṃ) | අසොකෙ (asoke) |
| Instrumental (third) | අසොකෙන (asokena) | අසොකෙහි (asokehi) or අසොකෙභි (asokebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | අසොකස‍්ස (asokassa) or අසොකාය (asokāya) or අසොකත්‍ථං (asokatthaṃ) | අසොකානං (asokānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | අසොකස‍්මා (asokasmā) or අසොකම‍්හා (asokamhā) or අසොකා (asokā) | අසොකෙහි (asokehi) or අසොකෙභි (asokebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | අසොකස‍්ස (asokassa) | අසොකානං (asokānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | අසොකස‍්මිං (asokasmiṃ) or අසොකම‍්හි (asokamhi) or අසොකෙ (asoke) | අසොකෙසු (asokesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | අසොක (asoka) | අසොකා (asokā) |
Declension table of "අසොක" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | අසොකං (asokaṃ) | අසොකානි (asokāni) |
| Accusative (second) | අසොකං (asokaṃ) | අසොකානි (asokāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | අසොකෙන (asokena) | අසොකෙහි (asokehi) or අසොකෙභි (asokebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | අසොකස‍්ස (asokassa) or අසොකාය (asokāya) or අසොකත්‍ථං (asokatthaṃ) | අසොකානං (asokānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | අසොකස‍්මා (asokasmā) or අසොකම‍්හා (asokamhā) or අසොකා (asokā) | අසොකෙහි (asokehi) or අසොකෙභි (asokebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | අසොකස‍්ස (asokassa) | අසොකානං (asokānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | අසොකස‍්මිං (asokasmiṃ) or අසොකම‍්හි (asokamhi) or අසොකෙ (asoke) | අසොකෙසු (asokesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | අසොක (asoka) | අසොකානි (asokāni) |
Noun
අසොක m
- Sinhala script form of asoka (“Ashoka tree”)
Declension
Declension table of "අසොක" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | අසොකො (asoko) | අසොකා (asokā) |
| Accusative (second) | අසොකං (asokaṃ) | අසොකෙ (asoke) |
| Instrumental (third) | අසොකෙන (asokena) | අසොකෙහි (asokehi) or අසොකෙභි (asokebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | අසොකස‍්ස (asokassa) or අසොකාය (asokāya) or අසොකත්‍ථං (asokatthaṃ) | අසොකානං (asokānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | අසොකස‍්මා (asokasmā) or අසොකම‍්හා (asokamhā) or අසොකා (asokā) | අසොකෙහි (asokehi) or අසොකෙභි (asokebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | අසොකස‍්ස (asokassa) | අසොකානං (asokānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | අසොකස‍්මිං (asokasmiṃ) or අසොකම‍්හි (asokamhi) or අසොකෙ (asoke) | අසොකෙසු (asokesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | අසොක (asoka) | අසොකා (asokā) |
Proper noun
අසොක m
- Sinhala script form of asoka
Declension
As the name of the tree above.