Associations to the word «Asura»

Wiktionary

ASURA, noun. (Hinduism) Deities among the Hindu dharma. Considered to be a group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as devas.
ASURA, noun. (Buddhism) The lowest class of deities and demigods of the Kāmadhātu.
ASURA, noun. Alternative spelling of Asura

Dictionary definition

ASURA, noun. Earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope