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"asura" has 2 results

asura: masculine vocative singular stem: asura

asura: neuter vocative singular stem: asura

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

sindukaḥ	2.2.68	Masculine	Singular	indrāṇikā, sinduvāraḥ, indrasurasaḥ, nirguṇḍī

Monier-Williams Search

13 results for asura"

asura

mfn. (2. as-

), spiritual, incorporeal, divine

asura

m. a spirit, good spirit, supreme spirit (said of varuṇa-)

asura

m. the chief of the evil spirits

asura

m. an evil spirit, demon, ghost, opponent of the gods

asura

etc. [these asura-s 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 rākṣasa-s or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices]

asura

m. a Name of rāhu-

etc.

asura

m. the sun

asura

m. a cloud

(see

)

asura

m. plural Name of a warrior-tribe, (gaRa parśv-ādi-, q.v)

asura

m. of a Vedic school

asura

m. a zodiacal sign

asura

m. the plant Sinapis Ramosa Roxb.

([In later Sanskrit sura-has been formed from asura-,as sita-from asita- q.v ])

asura

See /asu-.

Macdonell Vedic Search

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asura	ásu-ra, m. divine spirit, i. 35, 7. 10; v. 83, 6 [Av. ahura].

Macdonell Search

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asura	a. living, spiritual, divine; m. spirit, Lord God; evil spirit, demon, Asura: -tvá, n. spirituality, divinity; state of an Asura.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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asura	āptaḥ svadhayā samadguḥ AVP.6.2.6d. Cf. asur ātmā.

asura	iva nirṇijam RV.8.19.23c.

Vedabase Search

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asura	and by demons	CC Madhya 20.270

asura	and demons	SB 10.50.22

asura	and of the demons	SB 9.14.7

asura	and the demons	SB 2.9.10

		SB 8.7.16

asura	demon	SB 4.18.16

		SB 8.3.22-24

asura	demons	SB 10.76.6

		SB 10.88.1

		SB 11.29.10

		SB 11.5.50

		SB 12.6.14

		SB 5.25.7

		SB 7.15.80

asura	for the demons	SB 9.5.6

asura	O King of the demons	SB 8.21.29

asura	of demons	SB 4.16.27

asura	of demons, or godless persons	SB 5.24.9

asura	of the demons	CC Adi 4.14

		SB 6.7.40

		SB 8.10.55

asura	the atheists	SB 2.10.37-40

asura	the demons	BG 11.22

		SB 10.24.16

		SB 2.6.13-16

		SB 4.24.12

		SB 6.4.19

		SB 7.3.37-38

		SB 7.4.5-7

		SB 8.8.19

asura	to the demons	SB 11.22.52

DCS with thanks

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asura	noun (masculine) a name of Rāhu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a spirit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) an evil spirit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) ghost (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) good spirit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a Vedic school (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a warrior-tribe (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) opponent of the gods (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) supreme spirit (said of Varuṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the chief of the evil spirits (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) sulfur Frequency rank 376/72933

Ayurvedic MedicalDictionary Dr. Potturu with thanks

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asura	demon; asurakāya infernal body; a person with traits affluent in circumstances, dreadful, valorous, irascible, jealous of other men’s excellence, gluttonous and fond of eating alone.

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