Pāli Dictionary

asura

aprefixsurrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sur1照耀;殊勝

Literal

非天

Antonyms


cosmology

  • 阿修羅;非天(與諸天爭鬥的眾生類;墮生其中屬惡趣)

  • 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.

asūra

approximate

naprefixsurrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sur1照耀;殊勝

Antonyms


ethics

  • 不勇敢的;怯懦的;(作名詞)懦夫

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

Encyclopedia

Asurā
Personapproximate
  • 巴利文獻中的一類較低階天神,與地獄、畜生、餓鬼並列為四惡趣之一,傳統上與諸天神長期交戰。

  • 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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