Devas and Asuras
<p><b >Deva</b> (<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5" class="extiw" title="wikt:देव" >देव</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari" >Devanagari</a> script) is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit" >Sanskrit</a> word for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deity" title="Deity" >deity</a>, its related feminine term is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi" title="Devi" >devi</a>.</p>
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In modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism" >Hinduism</a>, it can be loosely interpreted as any benevolent supernatural beings.</p>
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The devs in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism" >Hinduism</a>, also called <b >Suras</b>, are often juxtaposed to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura" title="Asura" >Asuras</a>, their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_brothers" title="Half brothers" class="mw-redirect" >half brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ang_0-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)#cite_note-ang-0" >[1]</a></sup> </p>
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Devas are also the maintainers of the realms as ordained by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti" title="Trimurti" >Trimurti</a>. They are often warring with their equally powerful counterparts, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuras" title="Asuras" class="mw-redirect" >Asuras</a>.</p>