Asura (Buddhism)
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For other uses, see Asura (disambiguation).
An asura (Sanskrit: असुर, Pali: Asura) in Buddhism is a demigod or titan[1] of the Kāmadhātu.[2] They are described as having three heads with three faces each and either four or six arms.[3]
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Translations of Asura | |
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Sanskrit | असुर |
Pali | Asura |
Assamese | অসুৰ (Oxur) |
Bengali | অসুর |
Burmese | အသုရာနတ် |
Chinese | 阿修羅 (Pinyin: Āxiūluó) |
Japanese | 阿修羅 (Rōmaji: ashura) |
Khmer | អសុរ (UNGEGN: Asorak) |
Korean | 아수라 (RR: asura) |
Tibetan | ལྷ་མ་ཡིན་ (lha.ma.yin) |
Tamil | அசுரன் |
Tagalog | assura |
Thai | อสูร |
Vietnamese | A Tu La |
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