Subhadrangi (traditional identification as Ashoka’s mother)

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Subhadrangi is traditionally regarded as the mother of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka and a queen in the Mauryan royal household.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maurya dynasty person ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
alternativeName Dharma ⓘ
Subhadrangi Devi ⓘ
associatedWith Ashoka ⓘ
Bindusara ⓘ
Maurya dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Maurya Empire
child Ashoka ⓘ
Vitashoka ⓘ
country Maurya Empire ⓘ
culture ancient Indian ⓘ
dynasty Maurya dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Maurya Empire
ethnicOrigin Brahmin ⓘ
familyStatus Brahmin family by birth ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalCertainty partly legendary ⓘ
historicity traditional identification ⓘ
languageContext Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
maritalStatus queen consort of Bindusara ⓘ
marriageType inter-varna marriage (Brahmin to Kshatriya king) in tradition ⓘ
mentionedIn Ashokavadana ⓘ
linked to: Mahāvastu

Divyavadana ⓘ
narrativeFunction legitimizing Ashoka’s royal and religious image in Buddhist texts ⓘ
notableFor being the mother of Emperor Ashoka ⓘ
notedIn traditions about Ashoka’s early life ⓘ
position queen in the Mauryan royal household ⓘ
region Magadha ⓘ
relatedTo Chandragupta Maurya (by marriage into Mauryan family) ⓘ
linked to: Chandragupta Maurya
religion Brahmanism ⓘ
linked to: Vedic Hinduism
residence Pataliputra ⓘ
roleInNarrative pious Brahmin woman who becomes queen ⓘ
sourceTradition Buddhist literature ⓘ
Sanskrit texts ⓘ
spouse Bindusara ⓘ
status consort of a Mauryan emperor ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BCE ⓘ
late 4th century BCE ⓘ

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Bindusara → spouse → Subhadrangi (traditional identification as Ashoka’s mother) ⓘ