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Entry आसुर

  1. आसुरāsuraa.(-री f.) [असुरस्येदं अण् opp. दैव]
    1. (-री Feminine) असुरस्येदं अण् Opposite of दैव
    2. Belonging to Asuras.
    3. Belonging to evil spirits; आसुरी माया, आसुरी रात्रिः etc.
    4. Infernal, demoniacal; आसुरं भावमाश्रितः Bg.7.15 (for a full exposition of what constitutes आसुर conduct, see Bg.16.7-24).
    5. Not performing sacrifices.
    6. Divine, spiritual.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -री

      1. Surgery, curing by cutting by instruments.
      2. A female demon, demoness; संभ्रमादासुरीभिः Ve.1.3.
      3. Name of a plant Sinapis Ramosa Roxb. (Marâthî मोहरी; राई)

    • -रम्

      1. Blood.
      2. Black salt.

    • -रः

      1. A demon स्वार्थे अण्.
      2. One of the eight forms of marriage, in which the bridegroom purchases the bride from her father or other paternal kinsmen; (see उद्वाह); आसुरो द्रविणादानात् Y.1.61; Ms.3.31.
      3. (Plural) The stars of the southern hemisphere.
      4. A prince of the warrior-tribe Asura.

    In the Gita7·1516·69·1216·416·2016·516·716·19

    माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ॥

    māyayāpahṛtajñānā āsuraṁ bhāvamāśritāḥ. — The evil-doers attain not to Me, souls bewildered, low in the human scale; for their knowledge is reft away from them by Maya and they resort to the… 7·15
    • आसुरम्āsuramaccusative singular of the masculine form of the adjective āsura (the Asuric or demoniac).
    • आसुरीम्āsurīmaccusative singular of the feminine form of the adjective āsura (the Asuric or demoniac) .
    • आसुरीāsurīnominative singular of the feminine form of the adjective āsura (the Asuric or demoniac) .
    • आसुरःāsuraḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the adjective āsura (the Asuric or demoniac) .
    • आसुराःāsurāḥnominative plu of the masculine form of the adjective āsura (the Asuric or demoniac).
    • आसुरीषुāsurīṣulocative plural of the feminine form of the adjective āsura (the Asuric or demoniac) .
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Headwords under आ

Part 13 of 14 आश्मन – आस्तारAll parts
  1. आ – आक्षीलम्
  2. आक्षेप – आङ्गूष
  3. आङ्ग्य – आढकिक
  4. आढ्य – आदिश्
  5. आदिष्ट – आनह्
  6. आनाथ्यम् – आपस्कर
  7. आपस्कारम् – आभिप्लविक
  8. आभिमन्यव – आम्लि
  9. आय – आरुक
  10. आरुच् – आलानम्
  11. आलानिक – आवि
  12. आविक – आश्म
  13. आश्मन – आस्तार
  14. आस्तारक – आह्वे