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| Tishyaraksha | |
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| Agramahisi | |
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| Empress Consort of Magadha | |
| Predecessor | Asandhimitra |
| Successor | Unknown |
| Born | c. 260 BC – c. 250 BC[citation needed] Gandhara, Maurya Empire (Present day Pakistan) |
| Died | 235 BC[citation needed] |
| Spouse | Ashoka (m. 237 BCE) |
| House | Maurya |
Tishyaraksha or Tissarakkhā (c. 3rd century BCE) was the fifth and last wife of the third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka. According to the Ashokavadana, she was responsible for blinding Ashoka's son and heir presumptive Kunala.[1] She was very jealous of the attention paid by Ashoka to the Bodhi-tree, and caused it to be killed by means of poisonous thorns.[2]
- ^ John S. Strong (1989). The Legend of King Aśoka: A Study and Translation of the Aśokāvadāna. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 18. ISBN 978-81-208-0616-0. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ "CHAPTER XX_The Nibbana Of The Thera". Mahavamsa, chap. 20, 4f.