English

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• upsara

A 12th century statue of an Apsara.

Noun

apsara ‎(plural apsaras)

1. (Indian mythology) A female spirit of the clouds and waters.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 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 2014, p. 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.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• apsará

Noun

apsara f (plural apsaras)

1. (Indian mythology) apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)