Asura
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Origin of Asura
< 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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Even the name of the salon: Bee Asura.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Ahura Mazda, according to Darmesteter, can be traced back to Asura, the supreme god of Indo-Iranian times, and is the representative of Varūna, Zeus or Jupiter, that is the sky or heavens.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
Meanwhile, all the deities having Sakra at their head, were scorched a good deal by the Asura named Taraka.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
As he has omnipotence, he has omniscience too, he is “the Lord who knows all things,” the Asura viçva-vedas.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
It implies Vishnu who assumed the form of a dwarf for beguiling the Asura king Vali.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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