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asuraअसुरásura mfn. (√ 2. as, [Uṇ.]), spiritual, incorporeal, divine, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]
ásura m. a spirit, good spirit, supreme spirit (said of Varuṇa), [RV.]; [VS.]
the chief of the evil spirits, [RV. ii, 30, 4] and [vii, 99, 5]
an evil spirit, demon, ghost, opponent of the gods, [RV. viii, 96, 9]
[x]; [AV.] &c. [these Asuras are often regarded as the children of Diti by Kaśyapa See daitya; as such they are demons of the first order in perpetual hostility with the gods, and must not be confounded with the Rākṣasas or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices]
a N. of Rāhu, [VarBṛS.] &c.
the sun, [L.]
a cloud, [Naigh.] (cf. [RV. v, 83, 6])
ásura m. pl. N. of a warrior-tribe, (g. parśv-ādi, q.v.)
ásura m. of a Vedic school
ásura [In later Sanskṛt sura has been formed from , as sita from asita, q.v.]
ásura See ásu.
asurasāअसुरसाa-surasā f. the plant Basilicum Pilosum Benth., [L.]
asurahanअसुरहन्asura—hán mf(-GnI/)n. destroying the Asuras, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]
asurakṣaअसुरक्षa-surakṣa mf(A)n. difficult to guard or preserve, perishable, [Kir. ii, 39.]
asurarājअसुरराज्asura—rāj m. king of the Asuras (N. of the Asura Baka), [MBh. i, 6208.]
asuratvaअसुरत्वasura—tvá n. spirituality, divine dignity, [RV. iii, 55, 1]; [x, 55, 4] and [99, 2]
the being an Asura or opponent of the gods, [MaitrS.]; [Kathās.]
asuradruhअसुरद्रुह्asura—druh m. ‘enemy of the Asuras’, a god, [Śiś. ii, 35.]
asuradviṣअसुरद्विष्asura—dviṣ m. ‘enemy of the Asuras’, a N. of Viṣṇu, [L.]
asuraguruअसुरगुरुasura—guru m. ‘teacher of the Asuras’, the planet Venus (or Śukra), [Kād.] (cf. amarāri-pūjya.)
asuralokaअसुरलोकasura—loká m. the world of the demons, [MaitrS.]; [Kāṭh.]
asuramāyāअसुरमायाasura—māyā́ f. demoniacal magic, [AV. iii, 9, 4]; [ŚBr.]; [KauṣBr.]; [PBr.]
asuraripuअसुररिपुasura—ripu m. = -dviṣ, q.v., [L.]
asuraviśaअसुरविशasura—viśa n. the race of Asuras, [AitBr.]
asurayoniअसुरयोनिasura—yoní m. or f. the womb of Asuras, [TS.]
asurakṣitiअसुरक्षितिásura—kṣiti (ásura-), mfn. id., [AV. x, 6, 22] and [28.]
asurabrahmaअसुरब्रह्मasura—brahmá m. a priest of the Asuras, [ŚBr. i.]
asurakumāraअसुरकुमारasura—kumāra m. pl. the first of the ten classes of Bhavanavāsin deities, [Jain.]
asurasūdanaअसुरसूदनasura—sūdana m. = -dviṣ, q.v., [L.]
asuratamasaअसुरतमसasura—tamasá n. the darkness of the (world of the) demons, [ŚBr. iv.]
asurakṣayaṇaअसुरक्षयणasura—kṣáyaṇa mfn. destroying the Asuras, [AV. x, 10, 10]; [12] and [13.]
asurarakṣasaअसुररक्षसasura—rakṣasá n. a demoniacal being having the qualities of an Asura as well as of a Rakṣas, [ŚBr.]
pl. (ā́ni), n. pl. Asuras and Rākṣasas, [ŚBr.]