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Surapadma (Sanskrit: शूरपद्म), Surapadman (Tamil: சூரபத்மன்) or Sooran is an asura featured in Hindu literature.He is the son of the sage Kashyapa and a shakti named Maya. [1]
Kamsa - The tyrannical ruler of Mathura and uncle of Krishna who was slain to fulfil a prophecy, regarded as an asura by the Padma Purana. Pañcajana - A conch-shaped asura slew Krishna's preceptor's son, destroyed by Krishna under the sea. [10]
The Tirumurukarruppatai has 312 akaval meter verses, states Zvelebil. [6] According to Francis, the critical editor has 317 verses. [7] It describes the beauty and the warrior nature of Murugan, six sacred shrine regions of Murugan, legends such as the killing of Surapadma, his six faces and the twelve arms along with their functions.
Asura is a given name by Devas to other races collectively as Asura means not-sura, where sura is another name for Devas. The 5th century Buddhist philosopher Buddhaghosa explains that their name derives from the myth of their defeat at the hands of the god Śakra.
Kolahala: According to the Padma Purana, Kolahala was a famous asura. In the battle between the devas and the asuras carried on by Subrahmanya , this asura confronted Malyavan and was killed. [ 9 ]
Surasamharam (Tamil: சூரசம்ஹாரம், romanized: Sūrasaṃhāram), [1] [2] also called Suranporu, is a Hindu ritual folk performance that recreates ...
Kurma (Sanskrit: कूर्म, lit. 'Turtle' or 'Tortoise'), is the second avatar of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu.Originating in Vedic literature such as the Yajurveda as being synonymous with the Saptarishi called Kashyapa, Kurma is most commonly associated in post-Vedic literature such as the Puranas.
Dr. Pullella Sriramachandrudu (24 October 1927 – 24 June 2015) was an Indian scholar of Vedanta, Vyakarana and Alankara Sastra and a prolific writer of Sanskrit and Telugu literature.