Apsara

An Apsara (also spelled as Apsarasa) is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.

An Apsara (Sanskrit: अप्सराः apsarāḥ, plural अप्सरसः apsarasaḥ, stem apsaras-, a feminine consonant stem, អប្សរា), is also known as Vidhya Dhari or Tep Apsar (ទេពអប្សរ) in Khmer, Accharā (Pāli) or A Bố Sa La Tư (Vietnamese), Bidadari (Indonesian and Malay), Biraddali (Tausug), Hapsari or Widodari (Javanese) and Apson (Thai: อัปสร). English translations of the word "Apsara" include "nymph," "celestial nymph," and "celestial maiden."

In Indian religions, 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. As ethereal beings who inhabit the skies, and are often depicted taking flight, or at service of a god, they may be compared to angels.

Apsara (disambiguation)

An Apsara is a female spirit from Hindu and Buddhist mythology.

Apsara or Absara may also refer to:

  • Apsara dance, a term for Khmer classical dance
  • Vina Apsara, a character in Salman Rushdie's novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet
  • Apsara TV, a Cambodian TV channel
  • APSARA, the Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap
  • FF Absara, a typeface designed by Xavier Dupré.
  • Apsara, India's first nuclear reactor.
  • Apsara, a Khmer film, directed by Norodom Sihanouk and starring Norodom Buppha Devi and Nhiek Tioulong.
  • APSARA

    APSARA (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap) is the Cambodian management authority responsible for protecting the archaeological park of Angkor. Founded in 1995, it is in charge of the research, protection, and conservation as well as the urban and tourist development of the park.

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    Until Darkness Do Us Unite

    by: Abyssaria

    Colors became so strange
    Our silhouettes painted in black
    Our minds so bright and clear
    We open our eyes when daylight fades away
    We are voyagers in the night
    On this trip we make no stay
    Avoid the light - until darkness do us unite!
    Banish the sun, smash the mask you had to wear
    in this untruthful masquerade
    Black blood boils inside our veins
    Day is night, night is day
    We are the few ones who do not fear the dark
    We are thieves stalking through the park
    Infinite are the ways of the ones
    who break the rules in this world full of crap
    Eternal is the lust
    of the masters of darkness, mistresses in black
    And when death comes slipping
    we hide in the shadows of the upcoming clouds
    When life's heartbeat's quitting
    Together we stand under the moonlight's bane
    Come with me, hold me tight
    Zeig mir den Weg in die Ewigkeit
    Until darkness do us unite
    Eine Ode an die Dunkelheit
    And now close your eyes




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