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अप्सरस्

पानी में विहार करने वाली‚ गन्धर्वपत्नी‚ सुन्दर रमणी

a nymph residing in water, beautiful woman

Monier–Williams

अप्सरस् — {ap-saras} s.v

अप्सरस् — {ap-sarás} {ās} [RV. AV.&c.], or {ap-sarā} [AV. &c.], f. (fr. 2. {áp} + √{sṛ}), 'going in the waters or between the waters of the clouds', a class of female divinities (sometimes called 'nymphs'##they inhabit the sky, but often visit the earth##they are the wives of the Gandharvas (q.v.) and have the faculty of changing their shapes at will##they are fond of the water##one of their number, Rambhā, is said to have been produced at the churning of the ocean)