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please which is yoni and wwhich is nature and wgat are the specificdifference. please donot answer if you think but answer what do the scripyures say. thak you

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please which is yoni and wwhich is nature and wgat are the specificdifference. please donot answer if you think but answer what do the scripyures say. thak you

 

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<!-- SQL query: select buch,st,en from tamil where buch=1 and (st regexp '[[:<:]]daitya[[:>:]]') order by st --> <table cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr><td align="right" valign="top">1</td> <td valign="top"> daitya</td> <td valign="top">m. a son of Diti , a demon Mn. MBh. &c. ; mf(%{A})n. belonging to the Daityas MBh. R. ; (%{A}) f. N. of plants (= %{caNDau9hadhi} and %{murA}) L. ; spirituous liquor L.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr><td align="right" valign="top">1</td> <td valign="top"> rAkSasa</td> <td valign="top">mf(%{i})n. (fr. %{rakSas}) belonging to or like a Rakshas , demoniacal , infested by demons AitBr. &c. &c. (with %{vivAha} , or %{dharma} or %{vidhi} m. `" one of the 8 forms of marriage "' , the violent seizure or rape of a girl after the defeat or destruction of her relatives see Mn. iii , 33) ; m. a Rakshas or demon in general , an evil or malignant demon (the Ra1kshasas are sometimes regarded as produced from Brahma1's foot , sometimes with Ra1van2a as descendants of Pulastya , elsewhere they are styled children of Khasa1 or Su-rasa ; according to some they are distinguishable into 3 classes , one being of a semi-divine benevolent nature and ranking with Yakshas &c. ; another corresponding to Titans or relentless enemies of the gods ; and a third answering more to nocturnal demons , imps , fiends , goblins , going about at night , haunting cemeteries , disturbing sacrifices and even devouring human beings ; this last class is the one most commonly mentioned ; their chief place of abode was Lan3ka1 in Ceylon ; in R. v , 10 , 17 &c. they are fully described ; cf. also IW. 310 RTL. 237) Kaus3. Up. &c. ; a king of the Rakshas g. %{parzv-Adi} ; (with Jainas) one of the 8 classes of Vyantaras L. ; N. of the 30th Muhu1rta L. ; of one of the astronomical Yogas. Col. ; of a minister of Nanda Mudr. ; of a poet Cat. (cf. below) ; m. n. the 49th year in the Jupiter cycle of 6o years VarBr2S. ; (%{I}) f. a Ra1kshasi1 or female demon MBh. Ka1v. Katha1s. ; the island of the Ra1kshasas i.e. Lan3ka1 or Ceylon Buddh. ; N. of a malignant spirit supposed to haunt the four corners of a house VarBr2S. ; of a Yogini1 Hcat. ; night L. ; a kind of plant (= %{caNDA}) L. ; a large tooth , tusk L.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr><td align="right" valign="top">1</td> <td valign="top"> asura</td> <td valign="top">mfn. (2. %{as} Un2.) , spiritual , incorporeal , divine RV. AV. VS. ; m. a spirit , good spirit , supreme spirit (said of Varun2a) RV. VS. ; the chief of the evil spirits RV. ii , 30 , 4 and vii , 99 , 5 ; an evil spirit , demon , ghost , opponent of the gods RV. viii , 96 , 9 ; x AV. &c. [these Asuras are often regarded as the children of Diti by Kas3yapa see %{daitya} ; as such they are demons of the first order in perpetual hostility with the gods , and must not be confounded with the Ra1kshasas or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices] ; a N. of Ra1hu VarBr2S. &c. ; the sun L. ; a cloud Naigh. (cf. RV. v , 83 , 6) ; (%{As}) m. pl.N. of a warrior-tribe , (g. %{parzv-Adi} , q.v.) ; of a Vedic school ; (%{A}) f. night L. ; a zodiacal sign L. ; (%{I}) f. a female demon , the wife of an Asura , KaushBr. (cf. %{AsurI} and %{mahA7surI}) ; the plant Sinapis Ramosa Roxb. L. [in later Sanskr2it %{sura} has been formed from %{asura} , as %{sita} from %{asita} q.v.]</td></tr></tbody></table>

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