बकासुर bakāsur

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

The asur (demon) with the appearance of a heron (baka). He was defeated by Kṛṣṇa as a child.

Usual translation

  1. Bakasur

Origin of the definition

असुर asur (sanskrit)

Evil spirit, demon.
(Hinduism) The Asurs are said to inhabit the South pole, and are considered to be demons of the first order, and in constant hostility with the gods.
(Bābā) The human being in the iron age (who possesses the evil spirits of vices).

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

22 occurrences

In 21 on 2386 murlis

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Mamma

1 occurrences

In 1 on 122 murlis

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Created
Saturday 1 August 2020
Updated
Tuesday 2 July 2024