search `asura' in `Apte Dic'
meanings of "asura" [1]
a.{a-stem}
1.living;
2.an epithet of Supreme Spirit or varuNa;
3.incorporeal
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meanings of "asura" [2]
m.{a-stem}
1.an evil spirit;
2.a general name for the enemies of gods, daityas and daanavas, distinguished from raakSasas descended from pulastya;
3.a ghost or spectre;
4.the sun;
5.an elephant;
6.an epithet of raahu;
7.a cloud;
8.name of a warrior tribe
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