apsara
See also: apsará
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi अप्सरा (apsarā), descended from Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras).
Noun edit
apsara (plural apsaras)
- (Indian mythology, Hinduism, Buddhism) A female spirit of the clouds and waters.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 40:
- But the boy's relatives don't sit on their behinds and wait for a pari or an apsara to drop out of the heavens.
- 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 102:
- But here was an apsara rising out of the waters of a holy Ganga, raising her arms in salutation to the sun rising above the range of hills and offering her behind to him to marvel at and worship.
- 2006, Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, volume 1, Penguin, published 2007, page 17:
- Don't burn us with your fierce austerities, O master. I'll have to send apsaras to distract you.
Translations edit
a female spirit of the clouds and waters
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras). Doublet of apsari.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apsara
Further reading edit
- “apsara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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apsara f (plural apsaras)
- (Indian mythology) apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)