Daivasura, Daiva-asura, Daivāsura: 7 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Daivāsura (दैवासुर) refers to the “Gods and Demons”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephants”]: “Of old, seeing that the throng of gods in the battle of the Gods and Demons (daivāsura) could not endure the oppressive smell of the sweat of the elephants in the battle front the Noose-bearer (Varuṇa) then speedily turned the sweat of the elephants inward. Therefore their drops of sweat go inward and the noble elephants expel them from their trunks. But their absence of scrotum was granted by fiat of the Unborn (Brahmā), that they might move more swiftly and freely in battles, etc.”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Daivasura in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Daivāsura (दैवासुर).—The natural enmity subsisting between the gods and the demons.

Derivable forms: daivāsuram (दैवासुरम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Daivāsura (दैवासुर).—n.

(-raṃ) The natural enmity between the gods and Asurs. E. daiva, and asura, with aṇ added in this sense.

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

1) Daivāsura (दैवासुर):—mf(ī)n. relating to the gods and Asuras, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) cf. [Pāṇini 4-3, 88], [vArttika]

3) existing between the g° and A°s (vaira, ‘hostility’), 125 [vArttika]

4) containing the word devāsura (as an Adhyāya or Anuvāka) [gana] vimuktādi.

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

Daivāsura (दैवासुर):—(raṃ) 1. n. Enmity between the gods and demons.

[Sanskrit to German]

Daivasura in German

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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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