Apsaras

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Apsaras are celestial nymphs in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, renowned for their beauty, grace, and skill in dance and music, who often serve as divine entertainers in heavenly realms.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Apsaras canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf BuddhistMythologyFigure ⓘ
HinduMythologyFigure ⓘ
celestialNymph ⓘ
mythologicalBeing ⓘ
supernaturalDancer ⓘ
associatedWithConcept courtlyLove ⓘ
heavenlyPleasures ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Gandharvas ⓘ
Indra ⓘ
culture Indian ⓘ
SoutheastAsian ⓘ
depictedAs ornatelyDressedDancers ⓘ
youngBeautifulWomen ⓘ
function entertainGods ⓘ
entertainHeroes ⓘ
participateInHeavenlyFestivals ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasSubclass Ghritachi ⓘ
Menaka ⓘ
Rambha ⓘ
Tilottama ⓘ
Urvashi ⓘ
influencedArtForm AngkorWatSculpture ⓘ
KhmerTempleReliefs ⓘ
linked to: Khmer architecture

classicalIndianDanceIconography ⓘ
mentionedIn BuddhistSutras ⓘ
linked to: Sutta (Sutra)

Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
notableFor beauty ⓘ
dance ⓘ
grace ⓘ
music ⓘ
oftenDepictedWith lotusFlowers ⓘ
musicalInstruments ⓘ
power flight ⓘ
seduction ⓘ
shapeShifting ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
residesIn IndraCourt ⓘ
Svarga ⓘ
role celestialDancer ⓘ
divineEntertainer ⓘ
heavenlyMusician ⓘ
symbolizes artisticGrace ⓘ
eroticDesire ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
sensualBeauty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amaravati → inhabitedBy → Apsaras ⓘ
Vedic pantheon → hasDeity → Apsaras ⓘ
Ocean of Milk → yields → Apsaras ⓘ