"Asura" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Asuras [plural]
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit असुर (asura). Doublet of Ahura. Compare English Æsir. Etymology templates: {{translit|en|sa|असुर}} Transliteration of Sanskrit असुर (asura), {{dbt|en|Ahura}} Doublet of Ahura, {{cog|en|Æsir}} English Æsir Head templates: {{en-noun}} Asura (plural Asuras)
  1. (Hinduism) Power-seeking deities involved in constant conflict with the more benevolent Devas. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism, Hindu deities Synonyms: asura, asur [India] Translations (deity in Hinduism): অসুর (ośur) (Bengali), 阿修羅 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿修罗 (āxiūluo) (Chinese Mandarin), Asura (Finnish), açoura (French), asura (French), असुर (asur) (Hindi), 阿修羅 (asura) (Japanese), アスラ (asura) (Japanese), Asura [feminine] (Lithuanian), അസുരൻ (asuraṉ) (Malayalam), असुर (asur) (Marathi), असुर (asura) (Newar), اسوراها (Persian), asura [masculine] (Polish), а́сура (ásura) [masculine] (Russian), असुर (asura) [masculine] (Sanskrit), அசுரர் (acurar) (Tamil), అసురుడు (asuruḍu) (Telugu), อสูร (à-sǔun) (Thai), آسُر (āsur) (Urdu), A tu la (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Asura-en-noun-7vQTm7YF Disambiguation of Hindu deities: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'deity in Hinduism': 62 38
  2. (Buddhism) The lowest class of deities and demigods of the Kāmadhātu. Categories (topical): Buddhism, Buddhist deities Translations (deity in Buddhism): အသူရကာယ် (a.sura.kay) (Burmese), အသူရာ (a.sura) (Burmese), 阿修羅 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿修罗 (āxiūluo) (Chinese Mandarin), Asura (Finnish), 阿修羅 (ashura) (alt: あしゅら) (Japanese), Asura [feminine] (Lithuanian), असुर (asur) (Marathi), асура (asura) (Mongolian), آشورا (Persian), آسورا (Persian), а́сура (ásura) [masculine] (Russian), असुर (asura) [masculine] (Sanskrit), อสูร (à-sǔun) (Thai), ལྷ་མ་ཡིན (lha ma yin) (Tibetan), آسُر (āsur) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Asura-en-noun-gqQ9HwDz Disambiguation of Buddhist deities: 42 58 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'deity in Buddhism': 44 56

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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.sura.kay",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "အသူရကာယ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.sura",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "အသူရာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "阿修羅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āxiūluo",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "阿修罗"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "Asura"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あしゅら",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ashura",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "阿修羅"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asura"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "asur",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "असुर"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "asura",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "асура"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "آشورا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "آسورا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ásura",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а́сура"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "asura",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "असुर"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-sǔun",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "อสูร"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "lha ma yin",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "ལྷ་མ་ཡིན"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "āsur",
      "sense": "deity in Buddhism",
      "word": "آسُر"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Asura"
  ],
  "word": "Asura"
}

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