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The Rakshas battle constantly with the devas. Rakshas are described in Indian texts as powerful superhuman demigods with good or badi qualities. The good Rakshas are called Adityas and are led by Varuna, while the malevolent ones are called Danavas and are led by Vritra.

In the earliest layer of Vedic texts Agni, Indra and other gods are also called Rakshas or Asur, in the sense of their being "lords" of their respective domains, knowledge and abilities.

In later Vedic and post-Vedic texts, the benevolent gods are called Devas, while malevolent Rakshas compete against these Devas and are considered "enemy of the gods".

Asuras are part of Indian history (not mythology) along with Devas, Yakshas (nature spirits) and Rakshasas (ghosts, ogres). Asuras feature in many cosmological theories in Hinduism.

Many scholars describe Asuras to be "lords" with different specialized knowledge, magical powers and special abilities, which only later choose to deploy these for good, constructive reasons or for evil, destructive reasons.

The former become known as Asura in the sense of Devas, the later as Asura in the sense of demons.

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