[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.750 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.750 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.750 - **Language:** English ### [c4.750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.750) APSARAS.\* An Apsaras is a nymph (devastrī). These apsarā women were born at the churning of the ocean of Milk. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Chapter 45, Verse 32 and Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part I, Chapter 9 and Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 3). There are thousands of Apsaras. (Details given against the names of Apsaras). - [Previous: c4.749](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.749) - [Next: c4.751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.751) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (3) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.1.9) — Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.750) · Pramāṇa