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- n. Apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
Examples
“About a hundred years ago, some scholars began using the Hindu term apsara, and that became more common over time.”
The Mysterious Women of Angkor Wat | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context
“With photos, he juxtaposes ancient scenes depicted in stone carvings and their modern corollaries, from a woman getting a head massage to the carved dancers known as "apsara," who resemble today's traditional Khmer performers.”
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“The lotus base that she dances upon implies her celestial nature and thereby earns her the designation of "apsara”
“Of all the thousands of carvings in the Angkor temples, of apsara and Hindu gods and legends, there is one dinosaur," he marvels.”
The Wall Street Journal: Finding True North, Chasing Elusive Bigfoot
“Tagged with Angkor Wat, apsara research, Cambodian History, devata research, Heritage Watch.”
“Portraits of devata / apsara 044-081 on the outside west wall of the West Gopura of Angkor Wat.”
“Portraits of devata / apsara 102-119 on the inside east wall of the West Gopura of Angkor Wat.”
“According to one Cambodian legend, the race descended from the union of a holy man and a celestial dancer, or apsara.”
Classic Cambodian Dance & History Videos | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context
“Portraits of devata / apsara 019-043 on the outside west wall of the West Gopura of Angkor Wat.”
“Portraits of devata / apsara 016-043 on the inside east wall of the West Gopura of Angkor Wat.”
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rushdie names
character names in books by the one and only salman rushdie.
grimus, bird-dog, vina, apsara, saleem, sinai, mary, musa, cyrus, amina, mumtaz, padma and 26 more...
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mythic
domovoi, xenia, mēnin, timê, nostos, kleos, katabasis, psychopomp, empyrean, homophrosyne, acherontic, mephistophelean and 20 more...
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Bulgyo
terms I've encountered through contact with Korean Buddhism.
bhikshu, sŭnim, apsara, danch�?ng, gwanŭm, bosalim, namu amitabul, jogye-jong, s�?n
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madmouth floating celestial female musician, numerously engraved on every temple bell and painted onto ceiling panels.
it`s said that the apsara derives from the gandharva and kinnara figures, subsequently feminized and beautified in the passage of Buddhism to Korea through China (the influence of seductive Daoist sky maidens with the long hair ribbons).
Sep 23, 2009