Pāli Dictionary
ethics
nicht tapfer; feige; (als Substantiv) ein Feigling
not brave; cowardly, timid; (as noun) a coward
cosmology
Asura; Dämon, Widersacher der Götter
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
Eine Klasse niederer Gottheiten in der Pāli-Literatur, deren Wiedergeburt neben Hölle, Tiergeburt und hungrigen Geistern zu den unglücklichen Daseinsformen zählt und die traditionell im Krieg mit den Devas liegt.
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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