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別の表記

• upsara, apsaras

語源

Borrowed from Hindi अप्सरा (apsarā), descended from Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras).

発音

• IPA: /ˈɑp.sə.ɹə/, /ˈʌp.sə.ɹə/

名詞

apsara (plural apsaras)

1. (Indian mythology, Hinduism, Buddhism) a class of female celestial beings, originally associated with waters and clouds and later especially with celestial dance, music, beauty and the divine courts.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 40:

     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.

   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 102:

     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.

   • 2006, Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, volume 1, Penguin, published 2007, page 17:

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

アナグラム

• sarapa