| When the illustrious Sankara slew Tripura, even this was the weapon which he shot and by which many mighty Asuras were consumed. |
| The asuras say that this world is unreal, with no foundation, no God in control. |
| In literary-cultural terms, Naranappa's function in Samskara is comparable to the role played by the asuras in epic and Puranic lore. |
| Such acts invoke the asuras in dreams and visions and invite calamity in your life. |
| Nothing as gratifying as this has ever happened, they declare again and again, since the wars between the gods and the asuras. |
| They can be compared to the mythological asuras in the Vedas whose society was also matrilineal. |
