Asura (disambiguation)

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Asura may refer to several things:

[edit] In religion

• Asura, a race of celestial beings in Hinduism
• Asura (Buddhism), warlike deities in Buddhism
• Ahura, a class of deities in Zoroastrianism (including the supreme God, Ahura Mazda), related to the concept of Asuras in Hinduism.
• The Day of Ashurah, an Islamic festival

[edit] In fiction

• Asura is also a character from the video game, Samurai Shodown. See Asura.
• Asura is the main antagonist from the Karmatrón comic book.
• A choujin wrestler named Ashuraman in Kinnikuman and its sequel Kinnikuman: Nisei.
• In Fist of the North Star there is a country called The Land of Asura that is home to many of the series' martial arts and merciless warriors called Asura who fear only the Rakshasa.
• Asuras are a race of extraplanar creatures in some editions of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.
• Asura is a central character in the Iain M Banks science fiction book Feersum Endjinn, with an explicit reference to the Hindu etymology.
• In Outcast: Dragon Secrets, Ivar, the last of the Asura, is the loyal companion of Timothy, the main character. Ivar's body is covered with a swirling design that allows him to change the pigment of his skin, allowing him to blend with anything.
• In the Digital Devil Saga dualigy, Asura is a term referring to certain tuners (humans with a virus that causes them to transform into demons). All the main playable characters are Asuras, and their Avatar forms are all based and named around the mythological Asuras and Devas.
• In the Naruto anime/manga, the character Gaara, is named after an asura.
• In the RG Veda manga, Ashura is the name of a main character as well as a clan of gods. The series is very loosely based off of the Vedas, most references of which are found in character names alone.
• In Marvel Comics, The Asura are a group of corrupt, fanatical Angels (created by Warren Ellis) who are enemies of Daimon Hellstrom.
• Asura is the name of a server for the MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI. It is also the name of the Queen of Summons in Final Fantasy IV -- an ally who casts healing and protective spells on the party. In addition, Asura is a name given to various mid-level swords in the series, usually katanas.
• Asura's armour is a very powerful chest plate found in Venus lighthouse in the RPG, Golden Sun.
• In that same game, Asura is the special attack delivered by the artifact weapon Kikuichi-monji.
• Asura Strike is a skill for the Monk class in the MMORPG, Ragnarok Online
• Azura is a Daedric Prince/Lord in the RPG Elder Scrolls series.
• Asura is a powerful sword with a counterattack(Asura'sRevenge) bought from Fascinaturu in exchange for LP in the RPG, Saga Frontier.
• Asura is a character class in the MMORPG Tantra Online, which resembles an assassin.
• Asura is a sword forged by the essence of the dark gods in the War of Genesis series, and is used by different people throughout the story of the games. The special attack of the Asura, the Asura Rave, is the strongest move in the game.
• Asura Slash is a powerful move in Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox.
• Asuras is the homeworld of a powerful nanite based race in Stargate Atlantis.
• In My Date with a Vampire, an asura is the extremely vengeful spirit of a person who dies full of hatred and appears to kill everybody it deems owes it a debt. The asura in the show sees the error of his ways, relinquishes his claim to vengeance, and becomes a regular spirit again.
• In the MMORPG Rappelz, Asura is one of the three races selectable when making a character.
• In the manga and anime series One Piece, Asura is the name of one of Roronoa Zoro's sword techniques.
• In the MMORPG Guild Wars, Asura is a collectable minipet.
• In Digimon, Asuramon is an Ultimate level Digimon