Apsaras
noun
a supernatural female being, either the mistress of a soul in paradise or a succubus.
Apsarases
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pluralof Apsaras.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then breathed a soft celestial breeze, Then danced the bright Apsarases, The minstrels and the Gods advanced, And warbling lutes the soul entranced.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Can these be the heavenly Apsarases, come in a body to fetch me away, as if I had fallen in battle?
From An Essence of the Dusk, 5th Edition by F. W. (Francis William) Bain
Daily the Apsarases, the dancing-girls in the court of Indra, wake him from death by touching his face with a golden wand, and make him dead again by touching him with a silver wand.
From Indian Fairy Tales by Anonymous
Then spoke the saint, and swift obeyed Alambúshá, the fairest maid, And Miśrakeśí bright to view, Ramaṇá, Puṇḍríká too, And danced to him with graceful ease The dances of Apsarases.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
He is, finally, restored to her by the Apsarases.
From Indian Fairy Tales by Anonymous
