Asura

[ uhs-oo-ruh ]

noun
  1. (in Indian mythology) a god or demon.

  2. Zoroastrianism. Ahura.

Origin of Asura

1
<Sanskrit: mighty Lord; later (by reanalysis as a- + -sura) taken to mean “demon,” as opposed to sura (by back formation) “god”

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