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* Demi-God/Asura Realm {{Context|[[:Category:Three Realms of Samsara|Three Realms of Samsara]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Desire Realm|Desire Realm]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Asura Realm|Asura Realm]]}}  
* Demi-God/Asura Realm {{Context|[[:Category:Three Realms of Samsara|Three Realms of Samsara]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Desire Realm|Desire Realm]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Asura Realm|Asura Realm]]}}  
* ''Skt.'' असुरः, asura, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' asura}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} spiritual, incorporeal, divine | a spirit, good spirit, supreme spirit (said of Varuṇa) | the chief of the evil spirits | an evil spirit, demon, ghost, opponent of the gods | [these Asuras are often regarded as the children of Diti by Kaśyapa | as such they are demons of the first order in perpetual hostility with the gods, and must not be confounded with the Rākshasas or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices | a N. of Rāhu | the sun | a cloud | N. of a warrior-tribe | of a Vedic school {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}}
* ''Skt.'' असुरः, asura, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' asura}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} spiritual, incorporeal, divine | a spirit, good spirit, supreme spirit (said of Varuṇa) | the chief of the evil spirits | an evil spirit, demon, ghost, opponent of the gods | [these Asuras are often regarded as the children of Diti by Kaśyapa | as such they are demons of the first order in perpetual hostility with the gods, and must not be confounded with the Rākshasas or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices | a N. of Rāhu | the sun | a cloud | N. of a warrior-tribe | of a Vedic school {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}}
==Further Information==
==Further Information==
* [[Demi-gods]]
* [[Demi-gods]]
* [[Desire realm]]
* [[Three realms]]
* [[Three realms]]
* [[Desire realm]]
 
[[Category:Tibetan-English Dictionary]][[Category:Classes of beings]][[Category:Three Realms of Samsara]][[Category:Desire Realm]][[Category:Asura Realm]][[Category:Mahavyutpatti]][[Category:Sanskrit]][[Category:Monier-Williams]]
[[Category:Tibetan-English Dictionary]]
[[Category:Classes of beings]]
[[Category:Asura Realm]]
[[Category:Mahavyutpatti]]
[[Category:Sanskrit]]
[[Category:Monier-Williams]]

Latest revision as of 17:41, 13 March 2011

ལྷ་མ་ཡིན། (Wyl. lha ma yin) n. Pron.: lha mayin

  • Skt. asura. [Classes of beings]
  • Demi-God/Asura Realm [Three Realms of Samsara] [Desire Realm] [Asura Realm]
  • Skt. असुरः, asura, Pron.: asura. From Sanskrit: spiritual, incorporeal, divine | a spirit, good spirit, supreme spirit (said of Varuṇa) | the chief of the evil spirits | an evil spirit, demon, ghost, opponent of the gods | [these Asuras are often regarded as the children of Diti by Kaśyapa | as such they are demons of the first order in perpetual hostility with the gods, and must not be confounded with the Rākshasas or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices | a N. of Rāhu | the sun | a cloud | N. of a warrior-tribe | of a Vedic school [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW

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