Pāli Dictionary

asūra

naprefixsurrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sur1輝く;至高になる

Antonyms


ethics

  • 勇敢でない、臆病な;(名詞として)臆病者

  • not brave; cowardly, timid; (as noun) a coward

asura

approximate

aprefixsurrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sur1輝く;至高になる

Literal

not a god

Antonyms


cosmology

  • 阿修羅;修羅(諸天と争う衆生の類)

  • 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

Asurā
Personapproximate
  • パーリ文献における下級の神々の一群で、その転生は地獄・畜生・餓鬼と並ぶ不幸な境涯とされ、伝統的に神々と交戦し続けているとされる。

  • 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.

DN 20Ud 5.5Snp 3.11

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