List of Asuras
Types
- Daitya, a race of Asuras ॐ卐
- Dānava, a race of Asuras. Known as Dānaveghasā in Buddhism ॐ☸
- Nivatakavaca - A race of Asura who live beneath the sea ॐ
- Kālakeya - A subgroup of the Dānavas. Known as Kālakañjakas in Buddhism ॐ☸
A
- Adi ॐ
- Aghāsura ॐ
- Andhaka ॐ
- Anuhlāda - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu ॐ atapi
- Apasmāra ॐ☸
- Aśva - son of Diti ॐ
- Āyu - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu (Harivaṃśa) ॐ
- Alāmbāsa A powerful asura in Hindu epic Mahabharata ॐ
- Alāmvūshā A powerful asura from Hindu epic Mahabharata ॐ
- Alāyūdhā A powerful asura from Hindu epic Mahabharata ॐ
B
- Bali - An asura king ॐ☸卐
- Bāṇāsura ॐ
- Bhasmāsura ॐ
- Bakāsura ॐ
C
- Candā ॐ
- Candravarma ॐ
D
G
H
- Hiraṇyakaśipu ॐ
- Hiraṇyākṣa ॐ
- Hlāda - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu ॐ
- Holikā ॐ
I
J
- Jālāndhāra ॐ
- Jvārāsura ॐ☸
- Jātāsuraॐ
K
- Kāmsā - a powerful asura king killed by Lord Krishna ॐ
- Kaiṭabha ॐ
- Kakasura ॐ
- Kāla - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu (Harivaṃśa) ॐ
- Kālanemi ॐ
- Kālayāvana ॐ
- Karambha ॐ
- Karindrāsura ॐ
- Keśī - An Asura horse slain by Krishna ॐ
- Ketu - Personification of the descending lunar node ॐ☸卐
- Kābāndhā - A powerful rakshasa from hindu epic ramayana ॐ
- Khara ॐ
- Kṛṣṇāsura - An Asura king ॐ
M
- Mada ॐ
- Mudha ॐ
- Mahābali - Another name for Bali ॐ☸卐
- Mahiṣāsura ॐ
- Mallanāga ॐ
- Mandodarī ॐ
- Mayāsura - An asura king ॐ
- Meghanāda - Another name of Indrajit ॐ
- Mitra - A former Asura also classed among the Devas ॐ
- Mukāsura ॐ
- Munda ॐ
- Murāsura ॐ
N
- Namuci - In Buddhism, an epithet of Māra ॐ☸卐
- Narakāsura ॐ
- Niśumbha ॐ
P
R
- Rāhu - Personification of the eclipse and an Asura king ॐ☸卐
- Raktabīja ॐ
- Rambha ॐ
- Rāvaṇa - Usually classified as a rakshasa ॐ☸卐
S
- Saṁbara ॐ
- Saṁhlāda - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu ॐ
- Śibi - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu (Harivaṃśa) ॐ
- Śukra - the 'guru' of the Asuras and personification of the planet Venus ॐ
- Somaprabhā - Daughter of Mayāsura ॐ
- Sucitti (Pali) - Present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta ☸
- Sujā - Daughter of the Asura king Vemacitrin ☸
- Śumbha ॐ
- Sunda ॐ
- Śūrapadmā ॐ
- Svarbhānu ॐ
- Śitāsura ॐ
- Sumālī - Rāvaṇa's grandfather and also a rākṣasa ॐ
T
- Tārakāsura ॐ
- Tripurāsura ॐ
- Triśiras ॐ
U
V
- Varuṇa - A deva of air. Varuna dev ॐ☸卐
- Vātāpi ॐ
- Vemacitrin - An Asura king ॐ☸
- Vipracitti -A Dānava king ॐ
- Virocana ॐ
- Virūpākṣa ॐ
- Viśvarūpa - Another name for Triśiras ॐ
- Vṛkāsura ॐ
- Vṛṣaparva ॐ
- Vṛṣaśipta ॐ
- Vṛtra - A draconic Asura slain by Indra ॐ☸
- Vyomāsura ॐ
Popular Culture
- Shirkasura, a fictional quadruple forelimb-bearing Asura portrayed as king of Asuras in the game "Hanuman Boy Warrior"
Notes
See also
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