Devanampriya, also called Devanampiya, was a Pali honorific epithet used by a few Indian monarchs, but most particularly the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka The Great in his inscriptions. "Devanampriya" me
Various "Devanampiya Piyadasi" inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka
"DevΔnaαΉpiyasa Asoka", honorific Devanampiya (Brahmi script: π€ππ―πΈπ¦ππ§πΊπ¬π²π
π²ππ, "Beloved of the God", in the adjectival form -sa) and name of Ashoka, in Brahmi script, in the Maski Edict of Ashoka
"DevΔnampiyena" (π€ππ―πΈπ¦ππ§πΊπ¬ππ¦:"Of Devanampiya") in the Lumbini Minor Pillar Edict of Ashoka. Brahmi script
Maski is a town and an archaeological site in the Raichur district of the state of Karnataka, India. It lies on the bank of the Maski river which is a tributary of the Tungabhadra. Maski derives its n
A view of Maski atop Mallikarjuna temple hill
The Minor Rock Edict of Maski confirmed the association of the title "Devanampriya" with Ashoka
Transcription of the inscription of Emperor Ashoka on the rock edict at Maski