Questions tagged [apsaras]

celestial singers and dancers who, together with the gandharvas,

In Hindu mythology, Apsaras are beautiful, supernatural female beings. They are youthful and elegant, and superb in the art of dancing. They are often wives of the Gandharvas, the court musicians of Indra. They dance to the music made by the Gandharvas, usually in the palaces of the gods, entertain and sometimes seduce gods and men.

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Are Apsaras promiscuous women for the enjoyment of the inhabitants of heaven?

This answer cites a verse from the Devi Bhagavatam: Then those prostitutes of the Devas, dressed with their heavenly ornaments and the heavenly flowers, appeared before the Munis and bowed down their heads on the ground. The part in bold is…
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How do Apsaras look? What are their physical characteristics and physical appearance?

Apsaras are said to be so beautiful that they enchant and mesmerize even Rishis. How do Apsaras look? What are their physical characteristics and physical appearance?
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Can a sadhak who has completed Apsara sadhna take her as a lover and hence (possibly) have intercourse with the said Apsara?

I heard this from a YouTube channel that makes videos on the ways to perform a Sadhna,along with some narrations of interaction between sadhaks and the invoked being. https://youtu.be/ZeAN7Eb1aUk From the 16th to 20th minute is where the point of my…
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What is the way to born as Apsara in the next life?

What spiritual and physical qualities should human person posses, to born as Apsara in the next life?
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