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apsaras

apsaras is the alternative form of apsara.

Meaning of apsara

Noun

apsara (plural apsaras)

  1. (Hinduism, Indian mythology) a class of female celestial beings, originally associated with waters and clouds and later especially with celestial dance, music, beauty and the divine courts.
    • 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.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 40

Origin of apsaras

Borrowed from Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras).

Questions about apsaras

What is apsaras the alternative form of?
Apsaras is the alternative form of apsara.

Words near apsaras in the dictionary

  1. APS
  2. apsacline
  3. apsaclines
  4. apsar
  5. apsara
  6. apsaras
  7. apsars
  8. apse
  9. apse chapel
  10. apse line
  11. apse lines

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