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Definition of Apsaras
1. a divine water sprite [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apsaras
Literary usage of Apsaras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"... and obtaining the sovereignty of the gods:'—Indra then sought to tempt the
sage from his devotions by sending to him five chosen apsaras, the brightness ..."
2. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"As dwelling in the deep running waters, the nymphs who in name answer precisely
to the Vedic apsaras, or movers in the waters, have in some measure the ..."
3. An introduction to the science of comparative mythology and folklore by George William Cox (1881)
"apsaras. With us the nymphs are generally supposed to be beautiful beings who may
... They are, in fact, the Vedic apsaras,3 the movers in the waters, ..."
4. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1897)
"'The Agile,'—that is, the swift,—'all-expansive,'—for the wind (air), indeed,
makes up all this expanse;—' Vata (the wind) is the Gandharva: his apsaras are ..."
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