Indian Christianity

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN
It will all fall in place when we realize that the word "Asura" is a derivation of Asu ra (Asu = Breathe ra=
born) which means "Born of the Spirit" as explained by Madam Balvatsky the greatest proponent of
Theosophy
The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (page 93) By H. P.
Blavatsky
"This is very plainly shown in various texts of the Rig Veda - the highest authority for a Hindu in any sect whatever.
Therein Asura means "spiritual divine", and the word is used as synonym for Supreme Spirit, while in the sense of
"God," the term "Asura" is applied to Varuna and Indra and pre-eminently to Agni - the three having been in days of
old the three highest gods, befor Brahminical Theo-Mythology distorted the true meaning of almost everything in
the Archaic Scriptures. But, as the key is now lost, the Asuras are hardly mentioned.
"In the Zendavesta the same is found. In the Mazdean, or Magian, religion, "Asura" is the lord Asura Visvavedas,
the "all knowing" or "Omniscient Lord"; and Asura-Mazdha, became later Ahura-Mazdha, is, as Benfet shows, "the
Lord who bestows Intelligence"- Asura -Medha, and Ahura - Mazdao. Elsewhere in this work it is shown, on equally
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