…a lotus stalk and the man thought he was mad. But the Buddha says that it was an Asura army in flight. Here the Asuras would seem to be fairies…

…to describe the immeasurable powers of the Tathāgata.

Abhibhū²

A class of devas belonging to the formless plane. MN.i.1 They…

A tree in the Asurabhavana SN.v.238 which lives for a whole aeon.

A class of Asuras, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.259

…classed together with the Asuras and the Nāgas AN.iv.200 AN.iv.204 AN.iv.207 Beings are born among them as a result of having practised the…

A class of spirits mentioned with Yakkhas, Asuras and Nāgas. They live in the South and Virūḷha is their king. DN.ii.257 DN.iii.198

A class of Asuras. They were present at the Mahāsamaya, and are spoken of as being of a fearsome shape. DN.ii.259 They are the very lowest of the…

An Asura chief. DN.ii.259 At the Nalerupucimaṇḍa in Verañja he visited the Buddha. In answer to a question, Pahārāda tells the Buddha that…

RāhuRāhubhadda

An Asura chieftain. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.49f. says that on one occasion when he seized the Moon god, and on another the…

…because he married the Asura maiden Sujā

Elsewhere DN.ii.270 MN.i.252 Sakka is addressed as Kosiya.

He is also spoken of as Yakkha….

An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…had seen was real; it was an Asura army, fleeing from the devas in panic, through a lotus stalk. SN.v.447f.

Near the pond was the Moranivāpa,…

…among the Kālakañjaka Asuras within seven days. It happened as the Buddha prophesied, and the dead body of Kora declared that he was right….

…seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the Buddha enjoined on Rāhu to let him go. This Rāhu did, and Suriya…

…in the fight with the Asuras, but he was lazy, and Sakka had to admonish him. SN.i.217

Susīma³

A Paribbājaka of Rājagaha….

A Deva. Once, when the Asuras marched against the Devas, Sakka sent for Suvīra and asked him to fight the Asuras. Suvīra agreed to do this, but was…

…verses speak of how, by recollecting the triple Gem and the four immeasurables, he overcomes lack of food and comfort. Thag.381–386

…In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all their fears…

…the wish to rejoin the Asuras, he felt himself bound. Vepacitti’s capture is referred to in the Theragāthā. Thag.749

On another occasion…

…had gone on business. The books also record AN.iv.198f. a visit paid by the Asura Pahārāda to the Buddha at Verañjā.

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An Asura chieftain. All the hundred sons of Bali were named after him. DN.ii.259

He is probably identical with Verocana, lord of the Asuras’ who,…

…of the devas against the Asuras and led a section of the deva host. Indra tells the devas that if, during the struggle, they felt…