Pāli Dictionary
ethics
not brave; cowardly, timid; (as noun) a coward
cosmology
asura; titan; anti-god at war with the devas (rebirth among them counts as an unhappy destination)
SN 11.1
bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, asurā deve abhiyaṃsu
DN 18
dibbā vata bho kāyā paripūrenti, hāyanti asurakāyā
DN 21
tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, taṃ saṅgāmaṃ abhivijinitvā vijitasaṅgāmassa etadahosi, yā c'eva dāni dibbā ojā yā ca asurā ojā, ubhayam'etaṃ devā paribhuñjissantī'ti.
Ja 492
eko'va indo asure jināti, eko'va seno hanti dije pasayha, eko'va byaggho migasaṅghapatto, varaṃ varaṃ hanti balañ'hi tādisaṃ.
Encyclopedia
A class of lower deities in Pāli literature, whose rebirth ranks among the unhappy destinies alongside hell, animal birth, and the hungry ghosts, traditionally at war with the devas.
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