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asura

ásura 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.