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āsura

āsurá 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).