# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitashoka
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:25:51.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitashoka"
name: "Vitashoka"
slug: "vitashoka"
description: "Vitashoka or Tissa was a prince of the Maurya Empire as the only full-brother of Ashoka, and the only brother left alive by Ashoka. According to Divyavadana, he was a follower of Jainism and used to criticize the Buddhist monks for living a comfortable life. He was made to sit on the throne by the courtiers. Vitashoka became a monk and practised austerities rigorously."
tagline: "The brother of Ashoka"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           43.18
  momentum:             0.02469135802469136
  historical:           5.962565333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitashoka"
    title: "Vitashoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95"
    title: "वितासोक"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95"
    title: "বীতাশোক"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitashoka"
    title: "Vitashoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%95"
    title: "ವಿಟಶೋಕ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%84%ED%83%80%EC%86%8C%EC%B9%B4"
    title: "비타소카"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%81"
    title: "เจ้าชายวีตโศก"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17031639"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump