The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s3.21

v1.c6.s3.21

In some of the later variants of this version, Undefined and Nameless is described as Asura, full of power and pride.³⁰ Asura, however, is the Supreme Being, in the Ṛgveda³¹ and is transferred, like the name of Puruṣa itself to the Vairāja Puruṣa and other aspects of the Puruṣa, and to the manifested Deity, under the name of Indra, Agni, or Varuṇa. In a continued descent from the Principle, Asura becomes the name of those fallen from the Principle and who are demons.³² So 'Existence' is an Asura fallen by his pride.³³