اشوك

अशोक aśok, s.m. & adj.=اسوك asok and asog, q.v. The tree Jonesia aśoka:—aśokāshṭamī(aśoka+ashṭamī), s.m. The eighth day in the first half of the month Ćait (AprilMay), when a festival in honour of Viśnu is observed, part of the ceremonial of which consists in drinking water with the buds of Asoka in it.