[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c38.74 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c38.74 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c38.74 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.74) \*\*Asura.\*\*—\*Add\* : A story is told by the Buddha (S. 2, v. 446) of a man who once saw a whole army with its four divisions enter a lotus stalk and the man thought he was mad. But the B. says that it was an Asura army in flight. Here the Asuras would seem to be fairies or nature-spirits. - [Previous: v2.c38.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.73) - [Next: v2.c38.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.75) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38) ## Linked texts (1) - [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.74) · Pramāṇa