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Apsaras are a
kind of heavenly dancing girl, ...
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Apsaras... G. Linsenmayer
traditional-modern original digital image
... an original digital fine art piece. |
This picture is an original piece of computer-developed
digital art, a picture of a female nude, Tanya as an Apsara,
a kind of heavenly dancing girl who, according to Hindu
mythology - accomplished in a contemporary style.
"... Apsaras
are beautiful, supernatural female beings. They are youthful
and elegant, and superb in the art of dancing. They are
often the 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 caretakers of fallen heroes, they
may be compared to the valkyries of Norse mythology. 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.
Searching online, quite a number of modern groups of women
appearing as Aspharas, dancing, may be found, as here.
There also are overwhelming quantities of ancient Indian and
Asian religious literature and mythology; here is a nice one
about
" Vikramaditya and the Apsaras -
King Vikramaditya was one of the greatest Kings in the
world. He was so great that Lord Indra, the King of the
Devas himself very often sought for Vikramditya's advice on
many matters.
"One such story deals with how Vikramditya judged Urvashi
and Rambha's dance performance to determine the winner.
..."; go here
for the story... |
A 10th-century
sandstone statue of an Apsara from Madhya Pradesh, India.
In ancient classical Asia (and for that matter, also
today...) the Absaras are popular art motifs. There
seem to be lots of issues as to art pieces of Absaras,
"Devata", or whatever. Below, (from Wikipedia),
"A male devata, flanked by a two apsaras, Vishnu temple,
Prambanan
Some of well known Hindu-Buddhist heavenly beings belong to
the group of devatas, such as apsara or vidhyadari; heavenly
maiden that sent by Indra from svarga to seduces the
meditating ascetics, and her male counterparts; gandharvas;
the heavenly musicians. Devatas often occurred in Hindu
epics such as Ramayana and Mahabharata, and also some
Buddhist holy scriptures."
Apsaras
of
Angkor Wat, Cambodia -
"Apsaras are a kind of heavenly dancing girl who, according
to Hindu mythology, were originally created as a sort of
fortuitous byproduct of the churning of the sea of milk (the
Hindu creation myth), and who dance to entertain the gods
and also conveniently function as a theoretical heavenly
reward for any Angkor warriors who happened to die in battle
for the glory of their megalomaniac king."
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