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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 106, col. 3.
    asūra a-sūra, am, n., Ved. absence of a

    person to press out the Soma juice; (Sāy.) a place

    or country devoid of praise or worship.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 214, col. 3.
    asūra a. Ved. Devoid of praise or worship; Rv. 8. 10. 4 (stotrarahita).

    — raṃ Ved. Absence of a person to extract the Soma juice; a place devoid of praise.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 121, col. 3.
    a-sūrá n. ‘absence of sunlight’, only

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 296.
    asūra a. Ved. Devoid of praise or worship; asūreḥ santi sūrayaḥ Rv.8.10.4. (stotrarahita). ind. In the night. -ram Ved. Absence of a person to extract the Soma juice; a place devoid of praise.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 558.
    asūrá (von 3. a + sūri) n. Abwesenheit eines Soma-Bereiters: àsū̀re santî sū̀rayâḥ ṚV. 8, 10, 4.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 157.
    a-sūrá, n., sonnenlose Zeit (Zeit vor Sonnenaufgang) [von sū́ra].

    -é {630,4}.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 558, col. 1.
    asūra tri0 sūrī stambhe dhātūnāmanekārthatvāt stutau
    bhāve ghañ na0 ba0 . stotrarahite . “asūre santi sūrayaḥ”
    ṛ0 8, 10, 4 .