"अप्सरस्" meaning in Sanskrit

See अप्सरस् in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɐp.sɐ.ɾɐ́s/ [Vedic], /ɐp.s̪ɐ.ɾɐs̪/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Compound of अप् (ap, “water”) + सरस् (saras, “*flowing, gliding”), the second component being from the root सृ (sṛ, “to flow, glide”) + -अस् (-as). Etymology templates: {{root|sa|ine-pro|*sel-}}, {{root|sa|sa|सृ}}, {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|sa|अप्|सरस्|t1=water|t2=*flowing, gliding}} Compound of अप् (ap, “water”) + सरस् (saras, “*flowing, gliding”), {{suf|sa|सृ|-अस्|t1=to flow, glide}} सृ (sṛ, “to flow, glide”) + -अस् (-as) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f|tr=apsarás}} अप्सरस् • (apsarás) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|apsarás}} Forms: apsarás [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], अप्सराः [nominative, singular], अप्सरसौ [dual, nominative], अप्सरसा1 [dual, nominative], अप्सरसः [nominative, plural], अप्सराः1 [nominative, plural], अप्सरः [singular, vocative], अप्सरसौ [dual, vocative], अप्सरसा1 [dual, vocative], अप्सरसः [plural, vocative], अप्सराः1 [plural, vocative], अप्सरसम् [accusative, singular], अप्सराम्1 [accusative, singular], अप्सरसौ [accusative, dual], अप्सरसा1 [accusative, dual], अप्सरसः [accusative, plural], अप्सराः1 [accusative, plural], अप्सरसा [instrumental, singular], अप्सरोभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], अप्सरोभिः [instrumental, plural], अप्सरसे [dative, singular], अप्सरोभ्याम् [dative, dual], अप्सरोभ्यः [dative, plural], अप्सरसः [ablative, singular], अप्सरोभ्याम् [ablative, dual], अप्सरोभ्यः [ablative, plural], अप्सरसः [genitive, singular], अप्सरसोः [dual, genitive], अप्सरसाम् [genitive, plural], अप्सरसि [locative, singular], अप्सरसोः [dual, locative], अप्सरःसु [locative, plural], अप्सरा [alternative]
  1. an apsara, a member of a class of female divinities or water nymphs; serving in the court of Indra Categories (topical): Hindu mythology

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "accharā"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: accharā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: accharā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "អច្ឆរា",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: អច្ឆរា (ʼacchaʼraa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: អច្ឆរា (ʼacchaʼraa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀸"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀸 (accharā), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀲𑀸 (accharasā), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀆 (accharaā)\nCentral:\nAwadhi: आछरि (āchri, “nymph”)\nNorthern:\nKumaoni: आंचरी (ā̃carī, “a kind of fairy”)\nNorthwestern:\nPunjabi: ਅਛਰਾਂ (acharā̃), ਅਛਰੀ (acharī)\nSouthern:\nMarathi: आसरे m (āsre, “water demons”, pl.)\nSinhalese: අසර (asara, “goddess”)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀸 (accharā), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀲𑀸 (accharasā), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀆 (accharaā)\nCentral:\nAwadhi: आछरि (āchri, “nymph”)\nNorthern:\nKumaoni: आंचरी (ā̃carī, “a kind of fairy”)\nNorthwestern:\nPunjabi: ਅਛਰਾਂ (acharā̃), ਅਛਰੀ (acharī)\nSouthern:\nMarathi: आसरे m (āsre, “water demons”, pl.)\nSinhalese: අසර (asara, “goddess”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "অপ্সরা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: অপ্সরা (opśora)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: অপ্সরা (opśora)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अप्सरा",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: अप्सरा (apsarā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: अप्सरा (apsarā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "apsara",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: apsara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: apsara"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "apsara",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: apsara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: apsara"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಅಪ್ಸರೆ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಅಪ್ಸರೆ (apsare)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಅಪ್ಸರೆ (apsare)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "អប្សរា",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: អប្សរា (ʼappsaʼraa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: អប្សរា (ʼappsaʼraa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "അപ്സരസ്സ്",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: അപ്സരസ്സ് (apsarassŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: അപ്സരസ്സ് (apsarassŭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "अप्सरा",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: अप्सरा (apsarā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: अप्सरा (apsarā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ଅପ୍ସରା",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ଅପ୍ସରା (apsarā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ଅପ୍ସରା (apsarā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "అప్సరస",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: అప్సరస (apsarasa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: అప్సరస (apsarasa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "อัปสร",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: อัปสร",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: อัปสร"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "सृ"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Compound"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अप्",
        "3": "सरस्",
        "t1": "water",
        "t2": "*flowing, gliding"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound of अप् (ap, “water”) + सरस् (saras, “*flowing, gliding”)",
      "name": "com+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सृ",
        "3": "-अस्",
        "t1": "to flow, glide"
      },
      "expansion": "सृ (sṛ, “to flow, glide”) + -अस् (-as)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of अप् (ap, “water”) + सरस् (saras, “*flowing, gliding”), the second component being from the root सृ (sṛ, “to flow, glide”) + -अस् (-as).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "apsarás",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराः",
      "roman": "apsarā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसौ",
      "roman": "apsarásau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसा1",
      "roman": "apsarásā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "apsarásaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराः1",
      "roman": "apsarā́ḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरः",
      "roman": "ápsaraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसौ",
      "roman": "ápsarasau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसा1",
      "roman": "ápsarasā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "ápsarasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराः1",
      "roman": "ápsarāḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसम्",
      "roman": "apsarásam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराम्1",
      "roman": "apsarā́m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसौ",
      "roman": "apsarásau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसा1",
      "roman": "apsarásā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "apsarásaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराः1",
      "roman": "apsarā́ḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसा",
      "roman": "apsarásā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभिः",
      "roman": "apsaróbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसे",
      "roman": "apsaráse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्यः",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "apsarásaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्यः",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "apsarásaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसोः",
      "roman": "apsarásoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसाम्",
      "roman": "apsarásām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसि",
      "roman": "apsarási",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसोः",
      "roman": "apsarásoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरःसु",
      "roman": "apsaráḥsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरा",
      "roman": "apsarā́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "apsarás"
      },
      "expansion": "अप्सरस् • (apsarás) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apsarás"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root सृ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अस्",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Hindu mythology",
          "orig": "sa:Hindu mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Hinduism",
            "Mythology",
            "India",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Asia",
            "Society",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The nymphs who dwell in waters of the sea, sitting within, have flowed to Soma wise of heart.\nThey urge the Master of the house upon his way, and to the Eternal Pavamana pray for bliss.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.78.3",
          "roman": "tā́ īṃ hinvanti harmyásya sakṣáṇiṃ yā́cante sumnáṃ pávamānamákṣitam.",
          "text": "स॒मु॒द्रिया॑ अप्स॒रसो॑ मनी॒षिण॒मासी॑ना अ॒न्तर॒भि सोम॑मक्षरन् ।\nता ईं॑ हिन्वन्ति ह॒र्म्यस्य॑ स॒क्षणिं॒ याच॑न्ते सु॒म्नं पव॑मान॒मक्षि॑तम् ॥\nsamudríyā apsaráso manīṣíṇamā́sīnā antárabhí sómamakṣaran."
        },
        {
          "english": "On seeing the apsara trembling with fear, with folded hands, the great ascetic sighed and was filled with regret.",
          "ref": "c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.12",
          "roman": "bhītām apsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā vepantīṃ prāñjaliṃ sthitām.",
          "text": "विनिश्श्वसन् मुनिवरः पश्चात्तापेन दुःखित ।\nभीताम् अप्सरसं दृष्ट्वा वेपन्तीं प्राञ्जलिं स्थिताम् ॥\nviniśśvasan munivaraḥ paścāttāpena duḥkhita."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an apsara, a member of a class of female divinities or water nymphs; serving in the court of Indra"
      ],
      "id": "en-अप्सरस्-sa-noun-evISEjQY",
      "links": [
        [
          "apsara",
          "apsara"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "divinities",
          "divinities"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "nymph",
          "nymph"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "Indra",
          "Indra"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐp.sɐ.ɾɐ́s/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐp.s̪ɐ.ɾɐs̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "अप्सरस्"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "accharā"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: accharā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: accharā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "អច្ឆរា",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: អច្ឆរា (ʼacchaʼraa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: អច្ឆរា (ʼacchaʼraa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra",
            "2": "𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀸"
          },
          "expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀸 (accharā), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀲𑀸 (accharasā), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀆 (accharaā)\nCentral:\nAwadhi: आछरि (āchri, “nymph”)\nNorthern:\nKumaoni: आंचरी (ā̃carī, “a kind of fairy”)\nNorthwestern:\nPunjabi: ਅਛਰਾਂ (acharā̃), ਅਛਰੀ (acharī)\nSouthern:\nMarathi: आसरे m (āsre, “water demons”, pl.)\nSinhalese: අසර (asara, “goddess”)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Prakrit: 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀸 (accharā), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀲𑀸 (accharasā), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭𑀆 (accharaā)\nCentral:\nAwadhi: आछरि (āchri, “nymph”)\nNorthern:\nKumaoni: आंचरी (ā̃carī, “a kind of fairy”)\nNorthwestern:\nPunjabi: ਅਛਰਾਂ (acharā̃), ਅਛਰੀ (acharī)\nSouthern:\nMarathi: आसरे m (āsre, “water demons”, pl.)\nSinhalese: අසර (asara, “goddess”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "অপ্সরা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: অপ্সরা (opśora)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: অপ্সরা (opśora)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अप्सरा",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: अप्सरा (apsarā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: अप्सरा (apsarā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "apsara",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: apsara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: apsara"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "apsara",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: apsara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: apsara"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಅಪ್ಸರೆ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಅಪ್ಸರೆ (apsare)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಅಪ್ಸರೆ (apsare)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "អប្សរា",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: អប្សរា (ʼappsaʼraa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: អប្សរា (ʼappsaʼraa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "അപ്സരസ്സ്",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: അപ്സരസ്സ് (apsarassŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: അപ്സരസ്സ് (apsarassŭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "अप्सरा",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: अप्सरा (apsarā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: अप्सरा (apsarā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ଅପ୍ସରା",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ଅପ୍ସରା (apsarā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ଅପ୍ସରା (apsarā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "అప్సరస",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: అప్సరస (apsarasa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: అప్సరస (apsarasa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "อัปสร",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: อัปสร",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: อัปสร"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sel-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "सृ"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Compound"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अप्",
        "3": "सरस्",
        "t1": "water",
        "t2": "*flowing, gliding"
      },
      "expansion": "Compound of अप् (ap, “water”) + सरस् (saras, “*flowing, gliding”)",
      "name": "com+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सृ",
        "3": "-अस्",
        "t1": "to flow, glide"
      },
      "expansion": "सृ (sṛ, “to flow, glide”) + -अस् (-as)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of अप् (ap, “water”) + सरस् (saras, “*flowing, gliding”), the second component being from the root सृ (sṛ, “to flow, glide”) + -अस् (-as).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "apsarás",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराः",
      "roman": "apsarā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसौ",
      "roman": "apsarásau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसा1",
      "roman": "apsarásā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "apsarásaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराः1",
      "roman": "apsarā́ḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरः",
      "roman": "ápsaraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसौ",
      "roman": "ápsarasau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसा1",
      "roman": "ápsarasā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "ápsarasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराः1",
      "roman": "ápsarāḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसम्",
      "roman": "apsarásam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराम्1",
      "roman": "apsarā́m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसौ",
      "roman": "apsarásau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसा1",
      "roman": "apsarásā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "apsarásaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सराः1",
      "roman": "apsarā́ḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसा",
      "roman": "apsarásā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभिः",
      "roman": "apsaróbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसे",
      "roman": "apsaráse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्यः",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "apsarásaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरोभ्यः",
      "roman": "apsaróbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसः",
      "roman": "apsarásaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसोः",
      "roman": "apsarásoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसाम्",
      "roman": "apsarásām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसि",
      "roman": "apsarási",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरसोः",
      "roman": "apsarásoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरःसु",
      "roman": "apsaráḥsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अप्सरा",
      "roman": "apsarā́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "apsarás"
      },
      "expansion": "अप्सरस् • (apsarás) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apsarás"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit as-stem nouns",
        "Sanskrit compound terms",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root सृ",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sel-",
        "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अस्",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations",
        "sa:Hindu mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The nymphs who dwell in waters of the sea, sitting within, have flowed to Soma wise of heart.\nThey urge the Master of the house upon his way, and to the Eternal Pavamana pray for bliss.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.78.3",
          "roman": "tā́ īṃ hinvanti harmyásya sakṣáṇiṃ yā́cante sumnáṃ pávamānamákṣitam.",
          "text": "स॒मु॒द्रिया॑ अप्स॒रसो॑ मनी॒षिण॒मासी॑ना अ॒न्तर॒भि सोम॑मक्षरन् ।\nता ईं॑ हिन्वन्ति ह॒र्म्यस्य॑ स॒क्षणिं॒ याच॑न्ते सु॒म्नं पव॑मान॒मक्षि॑तम् ॥\nsamudríyā apsaráso manīṣíṇamā́sīnā antárabhí sómamakṣaran."
        },
        {
          "english": "On seeing the apsara trembling with fear, with folded hands, the great ascetic sighed and was filled with regret.",
          "ref": "c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.12",
          "roman": "bhītām apsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā vepantīṃ prāñjaliṃ sthitām.",
          "text": "विनिश्श्वसन् मुनिवरः पश्चात्तापेन दुःखित ।\nभीताम् अप्सरसं दृष्ट्वा वेपन्तीं प्राञ्जलिं स्थिताम् ॥\nviniśśvasan munivaraḥ paścāttāpena duḥkhita."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an apsara, a member of a class of female divinities or water nymphs; serving in the court of Indra"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apsara",
          "apsara"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "divinities",
          "divinities"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "nymph",
          "nymph"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "Indra",
          "Indra"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐp.sɐ.ɾɐ́s/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɐp.s̪ɐ.ɾɐs̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "अप्सरस्"
}

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