Asoka - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.63.3086	Maddened by desire he was roaming hither and thither, when he saw a beautiful Asoka decked with dense foliage, its branches covered with flowers.
Mbh.1.67.3440	That great Asura who was known as Aswa became on earth the monarch Asoka of exceeding energy and invincible in battle.
Mbh.3.64.3184	And going to another part of the wood, she saw an Asoka tree.
Mbh.3.64.3186	O beauteous Asoka, do thou speedily free me from grief.
Mbh.3.64.3189	O Asoka tree, do thou free me from grief!
Mbh.3.64.3190	O Asoka, vindicate thy name, for Asoka meaneth destroyer of grief.
Mbh.3.88.4820	And, O son of Kunti, in that spot is the tirtha called Asoka abounding in woody retreats of ascetics.
Mbh.3.111.5772	Then she bent and break the flowery twigs from trees, such as the Sala, the Asoka and the Tilaka.
Mbh.3.279.13637	And inflamed by desire, that conquerer in battle of the gods, the Danavas, the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, and the Kimpurushas, attired in celestial robes and possessing handsome features, decked with jewelled earrings and wearing a beautiful garland and crown, entered the Asoka woods, like an embodiment of the vernal season.
Mbh.3.287.14029	And seizing a sword, the wicked Rakshasa hastily ran towards that lady staying within the Asoka wood longing to behold her lord.
Mbh.4.55.2099	And mangled by the arrows of Arjuna, the hostile ranks looked like newly-risen clouds on the breast of a hill reflecting the solar rays, or like groves of Asoka trees resplendent with clusters of flowers.
Mbh.5.182.8234	Rama, O king, shone in battle, like the Sumeru mountain with streams of liquid metal rolling down its breast, or like the Asoka tree at the advent of spring, when covered with red bunches of flowers, or, O king, like the Kinsuka tree when clad in its flowery attire!
Mbh.6.54.2867	Then Asoka, that best of charioteers, bringing a car decked with gold, caused Bhima to mount on it.
Mbh.6.104.5535	Deeply pierced with those shafts he became covered with blood, and looked beautiful like a red Asoka variegated with flowers.
Mbh.7.111.5435	The ruler of the Bhoja then, mangled in every limb, O sire, by Bhimasena, shone resplendent in the field like a red Asoka covered with flowers.
Mbh.7.128.6434	All his limbs bathed in blood, Bhimasena looked resplendent like an Asoka tree in spring adorned with its flowery burthen.
Mbh.8.90.5722	Pierced with those arrows equipped with heads like the calf's tooth, Adhiratha's son of broad chest looked resplendent like an Asoka or Palasa or Salmali decked with its flowery load or a mountain overgrown with a forest of sandal trees.
Mbh.12.4.160	There were amongst them Sisupala and Jarasandha and Bhishmaka and Vakra, and Kapotaroman and Nila and Rukmi of steady prowess, and Sringa who was ruler of the kingdom females, and Asoka and Satadhanwan and the heroic ruler of the Bhojas.
Mbh.13.32.3961	Thy eyes are of the hue of the pomegranate or the Asoka flower.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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