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Apsara, Devi Jagadambi temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India. The most ancient descriptions of apsara portray them as "water nymph"-like beings. The Rigveda tells of an apsara who is the wife of Gandharva; however, the Rigveda also seems to allow for the existence of more than one apsara. The only apsara specifically named is Urvashi.
Jul 17, 2021 · An Apsara is a celestial and/or a water nymph who serves gods by entertaining them with her dance and sometimes using her charm and beauty to break the penance of ascetics who might have an intention to conquer heaven. Apsaras are so beautiful and voluptuous that even staunch ascetics, as well as gods, fall for them.
apsara, in Indian religion and mythology, one of the celestial singers and dancers who, together with the gandharvas, or celestial musicians, inhabit the heaven of the god Indra, the lord of the heavens. Originally water nymphs, the apsaras provide sensual pleasure for both gods and men.
Urvashi is the apsara to be specially named in the Rigveda, the oldest known Hindu scripture which was composed around 1900–1200 BCE. The 95th Sukta (section) of the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda is dedicated to a conversation between her and her husband, Pururavas.
An apsara, also spelled as apsaras (respective plurals apsaras and apsarases), is a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist culture. They figure prominently in the sculpture, dance, literature and painting of many South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures.
Sep 5, 2016 · Apsara, Uttar Pradesh. Beta.s2ph (Public Domain) In the Vedas, the apsaras are water nymphs, often married to the gandharvas. By the time the Puranas and the two epics were composed, the Apsaras and Gandharvas had become performing artists to the gods; the apsaras are singers, dancers, and courtesans, while the gandharvas are musicians.
An Apsaras, a Hindu mythological water fairy, dancing above a lake. However, the Apasarases did not undergo purification and hence no god could wed them. So they became women of easy virtue and dwelt among the Gandharvas (Hindu class of mythological beings skilled in dance and music).
Apsaras are supernatural beings who appear as young women of great beauty and elegance that are proficient in the art of dancing. They are the wives of the Gandharvas, court servants of Indra. They dance to the music made by their husbands, usually in the palaces of the gods, and entertain gods and fallen heroes.
Sringara rasa as portrayed through the sculptures of apsaras in the temple walls has aesthetic as well as philosophical renditions. Sringara rasa is understood as bright, ujjawala, pure, suci and...
