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One hymn requests a son who is an asura. In nine hymns, Indra is described as asura. He is said to possess asurya 5 times, and once he is said to possess asuratva. Agni has total of 12 asura descriptions, Varuna has 10, Mitra has 8, and Rudra has 6. [10] Book 1 of the Rig Veda describes Savitr (Vedic solar deity) as an asura who is a "kind ...
Asura, who is described as an incarnation of Bodhisattva Kannon in this scene, gives a Buddhism sermon to folks. The asura realm is one of the realms one can be reborn into within the six realms . Rebirth here is a result of experiencing the fruits of wholesome karma while engaging in unwholesome karma.
Śaṅkhacūḍa - A jealous asura who abducted several gopis at Vrindavana, slain by Krishna in a fight. [8] Cāṇūra - a pugilist asura who served Kamsa, slain by Krishna in a wrestling match. [9] Kamsa - The tyrannical ruler of Mathura and uncle of Krishna who was slain to fulfil a prophecy, regarded as an asura by the Padma Purana.
Asura (Japanese: 阿修羅のごとく, Hepburn: Ashura no Gotoku) is a Japanese streaming drama television series directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1979 series Ashura no Gotoku , [ 2 ] and stars Rie Miyazawa , Machiko Ono , Yū Aoi and Suzu Hirose .
Vajranga (Sanskrit: वज्राङ्ग, romanized: Vajrāṅga, lit. 'thunderbolt-limbs') is an asura in Hinduism. [1] According to the Puranas, he was born to Diti and was fathered by the sage Kashyapa.
Asura may also refer to: Asura (Buddhism), the lowest ranks of the deities of the Kāmadhātu; Asura, a genus of moths in the family Erebidae;
Brahmā, in a form composed of the quality of foulness, produced hunger, of whom anger was born: and the god put forth in darkness beings emaciate with hunger, of hideous aspects, and with long beards.
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