Asroilu is a spelling encountered in modern angel-name collections. The relevant prince in Odeberg’s 3 Enoch is printed as Ashruylu, with Ashruyli in a manuscript variant. His specific office concerns heavenly sessions of learning rather than simply guarding a numbered heaven.
The prince in 3 Enoch 18
Chapter 18 describes a sequence of homage: a prince removes his crown and falls on his face when a higher prince appears. In 18:15, Araphiel does so before Ashruylu, who presides over the sessions of the children of heaven.
The apparatus gives a variant describing Ashruylu as the head over the students on high. In 18:16, Ashruylu himself bows before Gallisur, the revealer of secrets of the Torah. These two actions locate him within the chapter’s ordered sequence without making him its supreme authority.
The heavenly colleges
Odeberg’s explanatory note understands Ashruylu’s name through causing the Torah’s disciples to dwell or rest in heavenly colleges. This is the editor’s explanation of the name and office, distinct from the translated statement about presiding over sessions.
Davidson’s dictionary records related forms under Ashrulyu and Asrulyu. These spelling comparisons help readers navigate modern catalogues, while the chapter supplies the more precise literary setting. The evidence does not warrant moving another similarly named prince’s duties into this entry or treating all accounts of heavenly guardianship as the same office.
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