Aśok
Family: Ayodhyá · Role: minister · First appears: Book I, Canto 7 · The Ministers
In Book I, Canto 7, Aśok is named among the ministers, whose members are “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,” including Vaśishṭha, Vámadeva, Jayanta, Vijay, Dhrishṭi, Siddhárth, Arthasádhak, Dharmapál, and Sumantra. In Book II, Canto 68, Vaśishṭha orders Aśok and other ministers to attend him; at Rájagriha, Aśok joins the envoys sent to bring Bharat home while concealing Ráma’s exile and his father’s death.
Relationship record
Life events
- Vaśishṭha sent the envoys to bring Bharat home while concealing Ráma’s exile and his father’s death.(Book II, Canto 68 · The Envoys · 📍 Rájagriha)
Book I, Canto 7 · The Ministers
- friends with Vaśishṭha “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
- friends with Vámadeva “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
- friends with Jayanta “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
- friends with Vijay “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
- friends with Dhrishṭi “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
- friends with Siddhárth “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
- friends with Arthasádhak “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
- friends with Dharmapál “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
- friends with Sumantra “Bound in sweet friendship each to each,”
Book II, Canto 68 · The Envoys
- lord: Vaśishṭha “Nandan, Aśok, Siddhárth, attend, Your ears, Jayanta, Vijay, lend: Be yours, what need requires, to do: I speak these words to all of you.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Rámáyan of Válmíki. Made with Rho MD.