{"id":8561,"date":"2020-06-13T10:48:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T14:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=8561"},"modified":"2020-09-01T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:35:07","slug":"why-the-devas-are-called-sura-and-the-demons-asura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/why-the-devas-are-called-sura-and-the-demons-asura\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Devas are called Sura and the demons Asura?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samudra-Manthan-The-Churning-of-the-Ocean-of-Milk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samudra-Manthan-The-Churning-of-the-Ocean-of-Milk-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samudra-Manthan-The-Churning-of-the-Ocean-of-Milk-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samudra-Manthan-The-Churning-of-the-Ocean-of-Milk-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samudra-Manthan-The-Churning-of-the-Ocean-of-Milk-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samudra-Manthan-The-Churning-of-the-Ocean-of-Milk.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ff0000;\">Question<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Why the Devas are called Sura and the demons Asura?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ff0000;\">Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">During the churning of the ocean of milk, many personalities and objects appeared. One of those was Varuni, also called Suri. She produced an intoxicating juice. The Deva accepted this juice, and so they came to be called #Sura while the demons rejected it and they were called #Asura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"black-studio-tinymce-6\" class=\"widget-1 widget-first widget widget_black_studio_tinymce widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">KADACHA BookStore<\/h2><div class=\"textwidget\"><pre style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 20px;color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\" id=\"kadbtn46\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"kad-btn btn-shortcode kad-btn-primary lg-kad-btn \" style=\"background-color:#3a5744; border: 0 solid; border-color:#000;  color:#ffffff;\" onMouseOver=\"this.style.color=&#039;gold&#039;\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.color=&#039;#ffffff&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to VIEW! <i class=\"icon-cart2\"><\/i><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"hrule_dots clearfix\" style=\"border-color:#1e73be; border-top-width:2px\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question Why the Devas are called Sura and the demons Asura? &nbsp; Answer During the churning of the ocean of milk, many personalities and objects appeared. 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