List of Asuras
Asuras (Sanskrit: असुर) are a class of beings or power-seeking clans related to the more benevolent Devas (also known as Suras) in Hinduism.
Types
A
- Adi ॐ
- Aghāsura ॐ
- anthkashur ॐ he was known as father of ravan
- Anuhlāda - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu atapi ॐ
- Apasmāra ॐ☸
- Aśva - Son of Diti ॐ
- Āyu - Son of Hiranyakasipuuu (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
- Bhandāsura - Asura slayed by Lalitha Tripurasundari Devi
- Bali - An asura king ॐ☸卐
- Bāṇāsura ॐ
- Bhasmāsura ॐ
- Bakāsura - Slain by Bhima ॐ
- Bakasura - slain by Krishna
C
- Chanda ॐ
- Candravarma ॐ
H
- Hiraṇyakaśipu ॐ
- Hiraṇyākṣa ॐ
- Hlāda - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu ॐ
- Holikā ॐ
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
- Kamlasura - Slain by sri ganesha
M
- Mada ॐ
- Mudha ॐ
- Mahābali- A benevolent and kind Demon King loved by mortals but was exiled to the underworld by Vamana (avatar of Vishnu) 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
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 ☸
- Sugriva (asura) ॐ
- Sujā - Daughter of the Asura king Vemacitrin ☸
- Śumbha ॐ
- Sunda ॐ
- Śūrapadmā ॐ
- Svarbhānu ॐ
- Sumālī - Rāvaṇa's grandfather and also a rākṣasa ॐ
T
- Tārakāsura ॐ
- Tripurāsura ॐ
- Triśiras ॐ
U
- Upasunda ॐ
- Ūṣā ॐ
V
- Vātāpi ॐ
- Vemacitrin - An Asura king ॐ☸
- Vipracitti - A Dānava king ॐ
- Virocana ॐ
- Virūpākṣa (Asura)|Virūpākṣaॐ
- 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"
See also
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