anger, malice, hatred abruptness, want of forbearance Pp.18 = Vb.357; Dhs.418, Dhs.1060, Dhs.1115, Dhs.1341 (an˚); Dhs-a.396.

probably a haplological contraction of asura-ropa. On various suggestions as to etym. & meaning see Morris’s discussion at; J.P.T.S. 1893, 8 sq. The word is found as āsulopa in the Asoka inscriptions