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[[File:Devanampiya Piyadasi inscriptions.jpg|thumb|300px|Various "Devanampiya Piyadasi" inscriptions on the [[Pillars of Ashoka]] | [[File:Devanampiya Piyadasi inscriptions.jpg|thumb|300px|Various "Devanampiya Piyadasi" inscriptions on the [[Pillars of Ashoka]]]] | ||
[[File:Devanampriyasa Asoka.jpg|thumb|300px|"Devānaṃpiyasa Asoka", honorific Devanampiya ([[Brahmi script]]: 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀁𑀧𑀺𑀬𑀲𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓, "Beloved of the God", in the adjectival form -sa) and name of [[Ashoka]], in [[Brahmi script]], in the [[Maski]] [[Edict of Ashoka]] | [[File:Devanampriyasa Asoka.jpg|thumb|300px|"Devānaṃpiyasa Asoka", honorific Devanampiya ([[Brahmi script]]: 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀁𑀧𑀺𑀬𑀲𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓, "Beloved of the God", in the adjectival form -sa) and name of [[Ashoka]], in [[Brahmi script]], in the [[Maski]] [[Edict of Ashoka]]]] | ||
[[File:Devanampiyena in the Lumbini Edict of Ashoka.jpg|thumb|300px|"Devānampiyena" (𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀁𑀧𑀺𑀬𑁂𑀦:"Of Devanampiya") in the [[Lumbini]] [[Minor Pillar Edict]] of Ashoka. [[Brahmi script]] | [[File:Devanampiyena in the Lumbini Edict of Ashoka.jpg|thumb|300px|"Devānampiyena" (𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀁𑀧𑀺𑀬𑁂𑀦:"Of Devanampiya") in the [[Lumbini]] [[Minor Pillar Edict]] of Ashoka. [[Brahmi script]]]] | ||
'''Devanampriya''', also '''Devanampiya''' ([[Brahmi script]]: 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀁𑀧𑀺𑀬, ''Devānaṃpiya''), was a [[Pali]] honorific epithet used by a few Indian monarchs, but most particularly the | '''Devanampriya''' ([[Devanagari]]: देवनामप्रिय), also called '''Devanampiya''' ([[Brahmi script]]: 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀁𑀧𑀺𑀬, ''Devānaṃpiya''), was a [[Pali]] honorific epithet used by a few Indian monarchs, but most particularly the 3rd Mauryan Emperor [[Ashoka The Great]] (r.269-233 BCE) in his inscriptions (the [[Edicts of Ashoka]]).<ref name=CSH/> "Devanampriya" means "Beloved of the Gods". It is often used by Ashoka in conjunction with the title ''[[Priyadasi]]'', which means "He who regards others with kindness", "Humane".<ref name=CSH/> | ||
However, this title was used by a number of Ceylonese kings from [[Uttiya of Anuradhapura|Uttiya]] to Yasalalakatissa from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century CE.<ref>Nicholas, C.W (1949). The titles of Sinhalese kings. ''University of Ceylon Review.'Pages 235-248' http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/bitstream/123456789/947/1/Mr.Nicholas%2CC.W.pdf</ref> | |||
The Kalsi version of the [[Major Rock Edicts|Major Rock Edict No.8]] also uses the title "Devampriyas" to describe previous kings (whereas the other versions use the term "Kings"), suggesting that the title "Denampriya" had a rather wide usage and might just have meant "King".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beckwith |first1=Christopher I. |title=Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia |date=2015 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9781400866328 |pages=235–236 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlCUBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA236 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Inscriptions of Asoka. New Edition by E. Hultzsch |date=1925 |page=37 Note 3 |url=https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOfAsoka.NewEditionByE.Hultzsch/HultzschCorpusAsokaSearchable#page/n173/mode/2up |language=Sanskrit}}</ref> | The Kalsi version of the [[Major Rock Edicts|Major Rock Edict No.8]] also uses the title "Devampriyas" to describe previous kings (whereas the other versions use the term "Kings"), suggesting that the title "Denampriya" had a rather wide usage and might just have meant "King".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beckwith |first1=Christopher I. |title=Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia |date=2015 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9781400866328 |pages=235–236 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlCUBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA236 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Inscriptions of Asoka. New Edition by E. Hultzsch |date=1925 |page=37 Note 3 |url=https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOfAsoka.NewEditionByE.Hultzsch/HultzschCorpusAsokaSearchable#page/n173/mode/2up |language=Sanskrit}}</ref> | ||
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*[[Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura]] (died 267 BCE), ruler of Sri Lanka based at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura from 307 to 267 BC | *[[Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura]] (died 267 BCE), ruler of Sri Lanka based at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura from 307 to 267 BC | ||
*[[Ashoka]] (ca. 304–232 BCE), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty | *[[Ashoka]] (ca. 304–232 BCE), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty | ||
*[[Dasharatha Maurya]] (ca. 232 to 224 BCE), grandson of Ashoka, in his [[Barabar caves]] inscriptions, in the form "Devanampiya Dasaratha" | *[[Dasharatha Maurya]] (ca. 232 to 224 BCE), grandson of Ashoka, in his [[Barabar caves]] inscriptions, in the form "Devanampiya Dasaratha" | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Edicts of Ashoka]] | [[Category:Edicts of Ashoka]] | ||
[[Category:Titles in India]] | |||