Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The organization which preserves and maintains Angkor Wat is called Apsara
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Cambodia's classical dance is also called Apsara, after the nymph-like beauties who, legend says, danced in the palaces of the gods and are immortalized in thousands of carvings at the temples of Angkor Wat.
Taipei Times 2009
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Cambodia's classical dance is also called Apsara, after the nymph-like beauties who, according to legend, danced in the palaces of the gods and are immortalized in thousands of carvings at the temples of Angkor Wat.
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Cambodia’s classical dance is also called Apsara, after the nymph-like beauties who, according to legend, danced in the palaces of the gods and are immortalized in thousands of carvings at the temples of Angkor Wat.
Ballet flourishes once again in Cambodia | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2009
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A statue of a Cambodian "Apsara" takes center stage during ceremonies at
WN.com - Articles related to Cambodia's Troubled Tribunal 2010
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It includes accommodations in a state room with daily breakfast and tea break, a candlelit dinner with a bottle of wine, a spa package and diverse excursions and activities such as Apsara dance class, full-day shopping and museum guided visit, a private chartered boat cruise on
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Apsara DiQuinzio: Quaytman produces each body of work in "chapters" that relate to the specific location where the paintings will be shown.
Quaytman Explores Terrain Between Text and Image in New SFMOMA Show Sophia Moreno-Bunge 2010
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Apsara DiQuinzio: Quaytman produces each body of work in "chapters" that relate to the specific location where the paintings will be shown.
Quaytman Explores Terrain Between Text and Image in New SFMOMA Show The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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MutualArt spoke with the show's organizer Apsara DiQuinzio, SFMOMA assistant curator of painting and sculpture, about how Quaytman examines the fascinating and complex terrain between text and image.
Quaytman Explores Terrain Between Text and Image in New SFMOMA Show The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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MutualArt spoke with the show's organizer Apsara DiQuinzio, SFMOMA assistant curator of painting and sculpture, about how Quaytman examines the fascinating and complex terrain between text and image.
Quaytman Explores Terrain Between Text and Image in New SFMOMA Show Sophia Moreno-Bunge 2010
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