Definitions for Asura

Asura A·su·ra

Spelling: [uhs-oo-ruh]
IPA: /ˈʌs ʊ rə/

Asura is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in Asura (aarsu).

Definitions for Asura

noun

  1. (in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
  2. Zoroastrianism. Ahura.

Origin of Asura

Sanskrit: mighty Lord; later (by reanalysis as a- + -sura) taken to mean “demon,” as opposed to sura (by back formation) “god”

Examples for Asura

This was our plan, and the priests of Asura aided us with their mist.

But the word has been whispered about among the priests, and we of Asura learned of it.'

Is he Rudra himself, or some other god, or a Yaksha, or an Asura?

Last of all the seventh demon Asura rode up with a newly-born baby boy.

The Brahmana, however, did not grant the Asura a son like Indra.

And he, abandoning the condition of an Asura, fled to Śiva as his protector.

And the discreet Asura Maya joyfully fastened on his turban and diadem.

And endued with power of illusion the angry Asura transformed his brother into a ram.

Thou didst deliver the worlds, O slayer of the Asura Mahisha.

And at this, the Asura was inflamed with wrath against the Brahmana.

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