ashoka

== English == === Alternative forms === asoka === Etymology === From Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, “without grief”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “How did this term come to apply to this plant? Did it mean that in Sanskrit / Hindi too?”) === Noun === ashoka (plural ashokas) A tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar. A tree of species Saraca indica, native to Southeast Asia and eastern Myanmar. ==== Derived terms ==== false ashoka (Monoon longifolium)