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Subhadrangi

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Issue
  
AshokaVitashoka

Died
  
285 BC

Dynasty
  
Maurya

Spouse
  
Bindusara

Name
  
Subhadrangi Maurya

Religion
  
Ajivika

Children
  
Ashoka, Vitashoka

Role
  
Bindusara's wife


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Full name
  
Subhadrangi Bindusara Maurya

Grandchildren
  
Sanghamitta, Kunala, Mahinda, Charumati, Tivala, Jaluka

Great grandchildren
  
Dasharatha Maurya, Samprati, Satakarni

Similar People
  
Ashoka, Bindusara, Susima, Karuvaki, Durdhara

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Subhadrangi (also known as Dharma or Janapadakalyani) was, according to Buddhist sources, a wife of the Mauryan emperor, Bindusara and the mother of his successor, Ashoka. The Ashokavadana states that Subhadrangi was the daughter of a Brahmin from the city of Champa. The legends state that palace politics kept her away from Bindusara and when she finally gained access to him and bore him a son, she is said to have exclaimed, "I am now without sorrow", which led to the child being named Ashoka. The name of her second son, Vitashoka (meaning sorrow terminated) has a similar provenance.

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The Divyavadana calls her Dharma while the Vamsatthapakasini, a 10th-century commentary on the Mahavamsa, names her as Janapadakalyani.

Chakravarthy Ashokar - 17th July 2018 - சக்ரவர்த்தி அசோகர் - Full Episode


  • Subhadrangi's role is played by Pallavi Subhash in the TV series, Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat
  • She was portrayed by Subhashini Ali in the 2001 film Aśoka.
  • She was portrayed by Prerna Sharma in the 2016 TV Chandra Nandini

    • References

    Subhadrangi Wikipedia
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