A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1779
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1779
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c5.1779
SURAS. In the Vedas, a class of beings connected with Sūrya, the sun. The inferior deities who inhabit Swarga; a god in general. According to some, the word is allied to swar, 'heaven;' others think it to have sprung from the derivation assigned to asura, and as a-sura is said to signify ‘not a god,’ sura has come to mean ‘god.’