The corpus record — Sanskrit

āsuraṃ

Asura

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 4 · 4.66/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 6 · 1.28/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 9 · 1.19/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. äsura-

äsura- Adj. göttlich, mächtig, m. Gott, Herr, Bezeichnung einer Gruppe von Göttern, ‘Asura’ (RV, VS u.a.; in jüngeren Textschichten [RV 10, AV +] zu widergöttlichen Dämonen abgewertet [s. dazu Bur, JRAS 1973, 128ff., mit Lit.)); asura- (f. %p) Adj. göttlich; asurisch, dämonisch (RV +); äsuri- m. N. pr. (Br +). - Pä. asura- m. plur. ‘the former gods’. - lir., aav. jav. ahura- m. Gott, Herr (vorwiegend mit mazdä- [s. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. äsura-, p. 202]

2. äsur-

äsur- f. Sınapis ramosa (spätkl} - Ni, sindhi ahuri T ‘mustard seed’, u.a (Tu 1496 [auch Fortsetzer von *“zsuraka-) - Aus ved äsura-, f ’ri-‘asurısch’ (0. 1147), oder volksetymologısch nach diesem umgebildetes Fremdwort? — [Mayrhofer, s.v. äsur-, p. 60]

In the wild

āsuraṃ Bhagavad Gita 16.6
āsura Bhagavad Gita 16.6
āsurāḥ Bhagavad Gita 16.7
āsuraṃ Bhagavad Gita 7.15
asurāḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.1
asurāḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.2

6 of 19 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. äsur (vol. 3, scan p. 60; entry #776).

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