Asurya, Asūrya: 7 definitions

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Asurya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asurya (असुर्य).—a. [asurāya hitāḥ gavā° yat]

1) Incorporeal, spiritual, divine.

2) Demoniacal, belonging to the Asuras or sprung from them (asurasya svam P.IV.4.123).

-yam 1 The water of the clouds.

2) Spirituality, divine nature.

3) The collective body of spiritual beings.

-ryaḥ The Supreme Spirit; अपां नपादसुर्यस्य मह्ना (apāṃ napādasuryasya mahnā) Ṛgveda 2.35.2.

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Asūrya (असूर्य).—a. Sunless; असूर्ये तमसि वावृधानम् (asūrye tamasi vāvṛdhānam) Ṛgveda 5.32.6. ind. At night.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Āsurya (आसुर्य).—(nt. ?), name of some art or philosophy or science, in a list: °ye Lalitavistara 156.21 (prose), after āmbhirye; Tibetan lha ma yin gyi lugs, way or system of the asuras.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asurya (असुर्य).—[adjective] spiritual, god-or demonlike; [neuter] godhead, divinity.

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Asūrya (असूर्य).—[adjective] sunless.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Asurya (असुर्य):—[from asu] 1. asurya mfn. (4) incorporeal, spiritual, divine, [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] ([Pāṇini 4-4, 1 23]) demoniacal, belonging or relating to the Asuras, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. (as) (= asura m. q.v.) the supreme spirit, [Ṛg-veda ii, 35, 2.]

4) [v.s. ...] 2. asurya n. (3) spirituality, divine nature, [Ṛg-veda]

5) [v.s. ...] the incorporeal, the collective body of spiritual beings, [Ṛg-veda] ([Grassmann] accentuates asurya in accordance with similar cases, as 2. samarya (3) n. compared with 1. samarya (4) mfn.)

6) Asūrya (असूर्य):—[=a-sūrya] mfn. (said of tamas) sunless, [Ṛg-veda v, 32. 6] [([varia lectio] for I. asurya in [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv]) ‘demoniacal’, [ĪśaUp.]; ‘inaccessible, unknown’, (fr. √sṛ cf. a-sūrta), [Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung]]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Asūrya (असूर्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Asūriya.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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