apsaras and apsarīs
“celestial host”
group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
celestial nymphs · Apsaras · apsarīs · celestial maidens · celestial women · divine apsaras · vidyādharīs
in the texts
Kunjarakarna Dharmakathana
The collective host of celestial nymphs (apsaras/apsarīs) and vidyādharīs who serve, escort, and console the royal couple.
you will be escorted by the divine *apsaras* and *apsarīs*.
The attendant *apsara* women came to help her with gentle kindness.
"My instruction from my lord was about the promise of the king of *apsaras*.
Parāśara Smṛti
Divine maidens who claim heroes slain in battle.
Thousands of celestial nymphs, seeing a hero slain in battle, rush forward eagerly, crying, "He is my husband!
The hero whose body is cut and wounded by arrows, clubs, and staffs—him the celestial maidens carry away and delight with.