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Definition of Asura
1. Noun. Earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura.
Definition of Asura
1. n. An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
Definition of Asura
1. Noun. (Hinduism) deity Deities among the Hindu dharma. Considered to be a group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as devas. ¹
2. Noun. (Buddhism) The lowest class of deity deities and demigods of the K?madh?tu. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of Asura) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Asura
1. An enemy of the gods, especially. One of a race of demons and giants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asura
Literary usage of Asura
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"Of these four marriage customs, the first and last, asura ami pai- namely, ...
The asura custom might be supposed by its asura mode a name to refer to ..."
2. The Prema-Sâgara: Or, Ocean of Love by Frederick Pincott, Kavi Lal, kavi Lallū Lāla, Chaturbhuja Miṣra, Edward Backhouse Eastwick, Caturbhujamiśra (1897)
"Krishna slays an asura in the form of a bull ... home at night from the wood ;
hereupon an asura came, as a very large bull, and mingled with the cows. ..."
3. The Evolution of Governments and Laws: Exhibiting the Governmental by Stephen Haley Allen (1922)
""But her wealth given on the marriage called asura, or on either of the two
others, is ordained, on her death without issue, to become the property of her ..."
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