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.
Then the great *apsara* king commanded his host of divine *apsaras* and *apsarīs* to be summoned.
Lovely were the *vidyādharīs* and the celestial soldiers who followed, a thronging crowd behind them.
When dawn came, the celestial king had washed, adorned himself, and put on his ornaments.
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.