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  2. Asura - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Asura (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    An illustration from an 1866 Japanese book. 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.

  4. List of Asuras - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Asura (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. Rakshasa - Wikipedia

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    Asura; Country: India, Nepal, ... The Mahabharata of Vyasa translated from Sanskrit into English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, online version This page was last ...

  7. Banasura - Wikipedia

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    Bana, also referred to as Banasura (Sanskrit: बाणासुर, romanized: Bāṇāsura), is an asura king in Hindu mythology, ruling from the city of Śoṇitapura. He is described to be the son of Mahabali. [1] [2] His tale of battling Krishna is described in the Bhagavata Purana.

  8. Hiranyaksha - Wikipedia

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    The boar avatar Varaha, the third incarnation of Vishnu, stands in front of the decapitated body of the asura Hiranyaksha. Some of the Puranas present Hiranyaksha as the son of Diti and Kashyapa. [5] Having performed austerities to propitiate Brahma, Hiranyaksha received the boon of invulnerability of meeting his death by neither any god, man ...

  9. Bhasmasura - Wikipedia

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    In Hinduism, Bhasmasura (Sanskrit: भस्मासुर, Bhasmāsura) is an asura or demon, who was granted the power to burn up and immediately turn into ashes (bhasma) anyone whose head he touched with his hand. The asura was tricked by the Vishnu's only female avatar, the enchantress Mohini, to turn himself into ashes. [1]