Aghasura, Aghāsura, Agha-asura: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAghāsura (अघासुर):—(agha + asura) m. der Asura Agha, Kaṃsa’s Heerführer, [Bhāgavatapurāṇa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAghāsura (अघासुर):—m. Nomen proprium eines Asura.
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Search found 16 books and stories containing Aghasura, Aghāsura, Agha-asura; (plurals include: Aghasuras, Aghāsuras, asuras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.6.15 < [Chapter 6 - The Liberation of Aghāsura]
Verse 1.6.45 < [Chapter 6 - Description of Kaṃsa’s Strength]
Verse 2.6.22 < [Chapter 6 - The Liberation of Aghāsura]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.1.338 < [Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana]
Verse 2.1.161 < [Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana]
Verse 1.9.30 < [Chapter 9 - Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 12 - Slaying of Aghāsura < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Chapter 1 - Nārada Meets Bhakti (Devotion in a Human Form) < [Bhāgavata-Māhātmya: The Glory of Bhāgavata Purāṇa]
Chapter 31 - Gopīs’ song (prayer for Kṛṣṇa’s return) < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]
Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
Deviations from the Source Śrimad Bhāgavata < [Chapter 2 - Vāsudevavijaya—Authorship and Content Analysis]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.3.72 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhāva)]
Verse 2.3.26 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhāva)]
Verse 2.1.1 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.200 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 1.5.29 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]
Verse 2.4.164 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
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