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204:. Someone captured Vitashoka taking him to be a Jain. He was taken to Ashoka. After identifying that it was his own brother, Ashoka stopped giving orders for executions. However, according to the more authentic works based on Ashoka's life, Vitashoka's fate remains unknown after Ashoka became emperor. Some scholars suggested that Vitashoka must have become a general or a minister of Ashoka. 260:
Yuan Chwang's travels in India Volumes 14-15 of Oriental Translation Fund Volume 2 of On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629-645 A.D, Stephen Wootton Bushell Authors Thomas Watters, Vincent Arthur Smith Editors Thomas William Rhys Davids, Stephen Wootton Bushell Royal Asiatic Society, 1905 p.
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Ashoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India, Volume 2 Volume 29 of Rulers of India, Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor of India, Vincent Arthur Smith, Edition 2, Clarendon Press, 1901, p. 162
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for living a comfortable life. He was made to sit on the throne by the courtiers. When Ashoka found out about that, he persuaded Vitashoka to become a Buddhist.
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commentary regards Tissa and Vitashoka as different individuals. Other sources call him
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Ashoka, Radhakumud Mookerji, Edition 3, Motilal Banarsidass, 1995, p.7
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The Legend of King Aśoka: A Study and Translation of the Aśokāvadāna
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Vitashoka is referred to as Tissa (or Tisya) in Sri Lankan texts.
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Vitashoka became a monk and practised austerities rigorously.
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In The Series Bharat Ek Khoj Vitashoka/Tissa was portrayed by
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to be put to death and declared a reward for killing of
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Index

Magadha
Dynasty
Maurya
Bindusara
Subhadrangi
Jainism
Buddhism
prince
Maurya Empire
Ashoka
Divyavadana
Jainism
Buddhist monks
Lucky Ali
Theragatha
Mahavamsa
Divyavadana
Pundravardhana
Pataliputra
Buddha
Mahavira
Jain monks
Jains


John S. Strong
The Legend of King Aśoka: A Study and Translation of the Aśokāvadāna
ISBN
978-81-208-0616-0
Thapar, Romila

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