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Apsaras on Hindu Temple at Banares, 1913. The origin of 'apsara' is the Sanskrit अप्सरस्, apsaras (in the stem form, which is the dictionary form). Note that the stem-form ends in 's' as distinct from, e.g. the nominative singular Rāmas / Rāmaḥ (the deity Ram in Hindi), whose stem form is Rāma.
Swarg (transl. Heaven) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by David Dhawan, released in 1990. It stars Rajesh Khanna , Govinda , Juhi Chawla , Madhavi in lead roles. Swarg is the fourth last certified hit of Rajesh Khanna , as this was followed by Begunaah , Ghar Parivaar and Rupaye Dus Karod in the year 1991.
Indologist Monier Monier-Williams states that the name means 'widely pervasive' and he suggests that in its first appearances in Vedic texts Urvashi was a personification of dawn. [3] According to the scripture Devi Bhagavata Purana , the apsara is known as Urvashi because she is born from the uru —'thigh'—of the divine-sage Narayana . [ 4 ]
Menaka was born during the churning of the ocean by the devas and asuras.She was one of the most mesmerising apsaras (celestial nymphs) in the three worlds, with quick intelligence and innate talent, but desired a family.
According to a version of the legend, Añjanā was an apsara named Puñjikastalā, who was born on earth as a vanara princess and married Kesari, a vanara chief. In some Shaiva traditions, Vayu, the god of the wind, carried the divine power of Shiva to Anjana's womb, and thus Hanuman was born as an incarnation of Shiva. [2] [3]
The Bala Kanda of the epic Ramayana narrates that Rambha is instructed by Indra to disturb the penance of Vishvamitra, a sage who had been previously seduced by another apsara named Menaka. Realising Indra had sent another nymph to lure him, an infuriated Vishvamitra curses her to transform into a rock for ten thousand years till a Brahmin ...
Dhuen Ki Aurat: Smoke Woman/Smoke Lady Jugal Kishore: Ashwani (Ashu) Shafeena: Queen Alfa, Minister Laos: 256: Maut Ki Dharti: Land Of Death Jugal Kishore: Ashwani (Ashu) Dhuri: Dhuri, Bhumi: 270: Antriksh Ki Apsara: The Space Nymph/Fairy Of Space Jugal Kishore: Ashwani (Ashu) Shafeena: Tharsa: Part - I 274: Swarg Ke Bhagwan: Heaven's God/God ...
Kuru is the name of the ancestor of the clan of the Kurus in the Mahabharata. He was the son of Samvarana and of Tapati , the daughter of the Sun. [ 57 ] In the literature, Kuru is an ancestor of Pandu and his descendants, the Pandavas , and also of Dhritarashtra and his descendants, the Kauravas .