Pāli Dictionary
cosmology
아수라 (신들과 싸우는 존재의 부류)
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.
ethics
용감하지 않은; 겁 많은; (명사로) 겁쟁이
not brave; cowardly, timid; (as noun) a coward
Encyclopedia
팔리 문헌에 등장하는 하급 신들의 부류로, 그들의 환생은 지옥, 축생, 아귀와 함께 불행한 갈래에 속하며, 전통적으로 천신들과 끊임없이 전쟁을 벌인다고 여겨진다.
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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