Tissarakkhā.-The second queen of Asoka; he married her four years before his death. She was very jealous of the attention paid by Asoka to the Bodhi-tree, and caused it to be killed by means of poisonous thorns (Mhv.xx.3ff).

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from