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Definition: Asura |
AsuraNoun1. Earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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The term corresponds to the Zoroastrian word Ahura. In Zoroastrianism the Ahuras are supreme, while the devas are demonic.
Asuras:
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
asura | 43 |
asura shiki | 7 |
asura priest | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "Asura"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 阿修羅 . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | あしゅら. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | asuraay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "Asura": immeasurable, immeasurableness, immeasurablenesses, immeasurably, measurabilities, measurability, measurable, measurably, nonmeasurable, pleasurabilities, pleasurability, pleasurable, pleasurableness, pleasurablenesses, pleasurably, treasurable, unmeasurable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Asura" (pronounced 'A*su"ra'): Abracadabra, Acciaccatura, Amphineura, Angora, Anisopleura, Anoplura, Anura, Appoggiatura, Arara, Arthropleura, Aura, Aurora, Brachyura, Branchiura, Bravura, Caelatura, Caesura, Camorra, Capibara, Capybara, Caracara, Cesura, Chara, Chelura, Chikara, Chimaera, Chimera, Cinura, Cora, Crantara, Damara, Datura, Dura, Durra, ERA, Ferrara, Flora, Gastrura, Gemara, hegira, Laura, Legatura, lira, Lyra, Macrura, Madeira, Madrepora, Masora, Millepora, Mira. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: auras. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: aura, sura, ursa. | |
-2 letters: aas, ars, ras, sau. | |
-3 letters: aa, ar, as, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: acarus, asarum, lauras, quasar, ruanas. | |
+2 letters: alarums, anurans, anurias, arousal, asarums, auroras, austral, caesura, curaras, daturas, jaguars, marauds, paruras, puranas, quasars, radulas, ranulas, saguaro, sahuaro, samurai, saurian, subadar, subalar, subarea, sudaria, traumas, uranias. | |
+3 letters: acarpous, accruals, amateurs, aquarist, araceous, arcanums, arethusa, arousals, arugolas, arugulas, aureolas, australs, babirusa, bahadurs, balisaur, bravuras, caesurae, caesural, caesuras, capsular, caraculs, carousal, claustra, curacaos, curacoas, fumarase, gastrula, graduals, guaranis, hausfrau, karakuls, labarums, labrusca, lacunars, lupanars, marabous, marasmus, marsupia, mazurkas, mosasaur, naturals, panduras, pastural, piraguas, quadrans, quadrats, quartans, runaways, saccular, saguaros, sahuaros, salutary, samarium, samurais, sastruga, saturant, saturate, saurians, scapular, simaruba, spatular, statuary, subadars, subahdar, subareas, tamaraus, tamburas, timaraus, tuataras, tuateras, unawares, uraemias, vascular, vavasour, zastruga. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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