Āsuri
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
the Āsurī-woman · Āsurī
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Mythological demoness or sorceress credited with first preparing the remedy for leucoderma from a bird's bile.
The Āsurī-woman was the first to prepare this remedy for leucoderma, this destroyer of leucoderma.
That which the Āsurī-woman, having conquered it in battle, fashioned into a form — she fashioned it among the forest-trees.
Sāṃkhyakārikā
Disciple who received the Sāṃkhya teaching from Kapila and transmitted it to Pañcaśikha.
Āsuri [gave it] in turn to Pañcaśikha, by whom the doctrine (saptati / Ṣaṣṭitantra (tantra)) was made manifold [widely expanded].
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
A traditional early teacher of the Sāṃkhya lineage.
] from the plurality of subtle bodies ({{liṅgaśarīra|transmigrating body}})—the Sāṃkhya teachers, beginning with Kapila, Āsuri, Pañcaśikha, and Patañjali, describe the plurality of puruṣas.