Apsara Definition
ŭpsə-rə
noun
In Hindu and Buddhist tradition, one of a race of beautiful female supernatural beings that inhabit the sky, dance for the entertainment of other celestial beings, and often attempt to seduce mortal men practicing ascetism.
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Origin of Apsara
Sanskrit apsarāḥ, apsaras- apsarā perhaps a- not, without psaras shame Avestan fšarəma- shame (but taken in later Hindu and Buddhist tradition as if from āp, ap- water) (saras thing that flows, lake, the Apsaras being depicted as delighting in water)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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