Asura
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Asura
< Sanskrit: mighty Lord; later (by reanalysis as a- + -sura ) taken to mean “demon,” as opposed to sura (by back formation) “god”
Example Sentences
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Even the name of the salon: Bee Asura.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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
Thou art the slayer of the mighty Asura who had come in the form of an infuriate elephant for destroying thy sacred city of Varanasi.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Thou art the slayer of the Asura Vala.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
And they also informed him of the oppressions committed upon them by the Asura Taraka.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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