84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཨ་སུ་རའི་འཇིག་རྟེན། | Glossary of Terms

  • ལྷ་མ་ཡིན་གྱི་འཇིག་རྟེན།

  • ཨ་སུ་རའི་འཇིག་རྟེན།
  • a su ra’i ’jig rten
  • lha ma yin gyi ’jig rten
  • asuraloka
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  • realm of the asuras
  • ལྷ་མ་ཡིན་གྱི་འཇིག་རྟེན།
  • lha ma yin gyi ’jig rten
  • asuraloka
Definition in this text:

The Sanskrit and Pāli asura literally means “non-god” and is often translated as “demigod” or “titan.” A class of beings that rank between gods and humans, the asuras were expelled from their original home in the god realms due to their chronic jealousy; now they wage constant war with the gods in the hope of regaining their old home.

  • realm of the asuras
  • ཨ་སུ་རའི་འཇིག་རྟེན།
  • a su ra’i ’jig rten
  • asuraloka
Definition in this text:

Sanskrit and Pāli asura literally means “non-gods”; often translated as “demigods, titans.” A class of beings that rank between devas and humans. The asuras were expelled from their original home in the god realm because of their chronic jealousy; now they wage constant war with the devas in the hope of regaining their old home. According to Transformation of Karma, this class of beings is counted among the unfortunate (or lower) realms of rebirth.