apsara — English Dictionary

Noun

1. a class of female celestial beings, originally associated with waters and clouds and later especially with celestial dance, music, beauty and the divine courts.

   Usage

   • Hinduism

   Examples

   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.

   More examples (1)

   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.

   Don't burn us with your fierce austerities, O master. I'll have to send apsaras to distract you.