asura
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asura /ˈʌsʊrə/
▶noun (in Vedic religion) a member of a class of divine beings which in Indian mythology tend to be evil and in Zoroastrianism are benevolent. Compare with deva.
– origin Sanskrit, prob. from ásu ‘breath, life’.
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