Varaha Purana 11.90: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 90
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एते पञ्चदश श्रेष्ठा असुराः परमायुधाः । अक्षौहिणीपरिवार एकैकोऽत्र पृथक्पृथक् ॥ ११.९१ ॥
ete pañcadaśa śreṣṭhā asurāḥ paramāyudhāḥ | akṣauhiṇīparivāra ekaiko ’tra pṛthakpṛthak || 11.91 ||
Kelima belas asura yang mulia ini, bersenjata dengan senjata tertinggi; setiap seorang di sini, secara tersendiri, diiringi oleh satu akṣauhiṇī sebagai bala pengiringnya.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Martial Organization","Epic-Style Enumeration","Conflict Narrative"]
Primary Rasa: vīra
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: battlefield (strategic scale)
Related Themes: 11.11.89-90 (the fifteen named)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"grand, proclamatory","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow (to convey magnitude)","voice_tone":"sonorous, authoritative, expansive"}
FAQs
It preserves an epic-style trope of enumerating forces and commanders, using the technical term akṣauhiṇī to convey scale and organization in classical Indic war-narrative literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on describing the number and military scale of the asura leaders and their retinues.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is to frame the magnitude of conflict through formal enumeration rather than to issue a direct ethical injunction.
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