The Durga puja festival marks the victory of goddess Durga in her battle against the shape-shifting asura, Mahishasura.
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Asura
Synonyms for "asura"
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39 translations across 23 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- অসুর noun (deity in Hinduism)
Burmese
2 entries- အသူရကာယ် noun (deity in Buddhism)
- အသူရာ noun (deity in Buddhism)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 阿修羅 /阿修罗 noun (deity in Hinduism)
- 阿修羅 /阿修罗 noun (deity in Buddhism)
Finnish
2 entries- Asura noun (deity in Hinduism)
- Asura noun (deity in Buddhism)
French
2 entries- asura noun (deity in Hinduism)
- açoura noun (deity in Hinduism)
Hindi
1 entries- असुर noun (deity in Hinduism)
Japanese
3 entries- アスラ noun (deity in Hinduism)
- 阿修羅 noun (deity in Hinduism)
- 阿修羅 noun (deity in Buddhism)
Korean
2 entries- 아수라 noun (deity in Hinduism)
- 아수라 noun (deity in Buddhism)
Lithuanian
2 entries- Asura noun (deity in Hinduism)
- Asura noun (deity in Buddhism)
Malayalam
1 entries- അസുരൻ noun (deity in Hinduism)
Marathi
2 entries- असुर noun (deity in Hinduism)
- असुर noun (deity in Buddhism)
Mongolian
1 entries- асура noun (deity in Buddhism)
Newar
1 entries- असुर noun (deity in Hinduism)
Persian
3 entries- آسورا noun (deity in Buddhism)
- آشورا noun (deity in Buddhism)
- اسوراها noun (deity in Hinduism)
Polish
1 entries- asura noun (deity in Hinduism)
Russian
2 entries- а́сура noun (deity in Hinduism)
- а́сура noun (deity in Buddhism)
Sanskrit
2 entries- असुर noun (deity in Hinduism)
- असुर noun (deity in Buddhism)
Tamil
1 entries- அசுரர் noun (deity in Hinduism)
Telugu
1 entries- అసురుడు noun (deity in Hinduism)
Thai
2 entries- อสูร noun (deity in Hinduism)
- อสูร noun (deity in Buddhism)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལྷ་མ་ཡིན noun (deity in Buddhism)
Urdu
2 entries- آسُر noun (deity in Hinduism)
- آسُر noun (deity in Buddhism)
Vietnamese
2 entries- A Tu La noun (deity in Hinduism)
- A Tu La noun (deity in Buddhism)
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