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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
āsuraआसुरāsurá mf(I)n. (fr. asura), spiritual, divine, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]
belonging or devoted to evil spirits
belonging or relating to the Asuras, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Prab.]; [Daś.] &c.
infernal, demoniacal
āsurá (as), m. an Asura or demon, [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [Pāṇ.]
a form of marriage (in which the bridegroom purchases the bride from her father and paternal kinsmen), [ĀśvGṛ. i, 6, 6]; [Mn. iii, 31] (cf. vivāha)
āsurá (śs), m. pl. the stars of the southern hemisphere, [Sūryas.] &c.
āsurá m. a prince of the warrior-tribe Asura, [Pāṇ.]
āsurá (am), n. blood
black salt, [L.]
mfn. belonging to Āsuri (below).
āsurasvaआसुरस्वāsura-sva n. the property of the A°, [Mn. xi, 20]