[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1779 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1779](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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.’ - [Previous: c5.1778](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1778) - [Next: c5.1780](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1780) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1779](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1779) · Pramāṇa