अप्सरा

apsara dev lok mean nrity sangit karati sundariyaan ko mana jata hai. inamean se pramukh haian- urvashi, rambha, menaka adi. pratyek dharm ka yah vishvas hai ki svarg mean punyavanh logoan ko divy sukh, samriddhi tatha bhogavilas prapt hote haian aur inake sadhan mean anyatam hai apsara. apsara nitaant roopavati stri ke roop me chitrit ki gee haian. yoonani granthoan me apsaraoan ko samanyat: 'nif' nam diya gaya hai. ye tarun, suandar, avivahit, kamar tak vastr se achchhadit, aur hath meanan pani se bhare hue patr lie stri ke roop me chitrit ki gee haian.

  • bharatavarsh meanan apsara aur gandharv ka sahachary nitaant ghanishth hai. apani vyutpati ke anusar hi apsara[1] jal mean rahane vali mani jati hai. atharvaved tatha yajurved ke anusar ye pani mean rahati haian. isalie kahian-kahian manushyoan ko chho dakar nadiyoan aur jal-tatoan par jane ke lie unase kaha gaya hai. yah inake bure prabhav ki or sanket hai.
  • shatapath brahman mean[2] ye talaboan meanan pakshiyoan ke roop mean tairane vali chitrit ki gee haian aur pichhale sahity mean ye nishchit roop se jangali jalashayoan mean, nadiyoan mean, samudr ke bhitar varun ke mahaloan me bhi rahane vali mani gee haian. jal ke atirikt inaka sanbandh vrikshoan se bhi haian.
  • atharvaved[3] ke anusar ye ashvatth tatha nyagrodh vrikshoan par rahati haian, jahaan ye jhoole mean jhoola karati haian aur inake madhur vadyoan (karkari) ki mithi dhvani suni jati hai. ye nach gan tatha khelakood mean nirant hokar apana manovinod karati haian. rrigved mean urvashi prasiddh apsara mani gee hai.[4]
  • puranoan ke anusar tapasya meanan lage hue tapas muniyoan ko samadhi se hatane ke lie iandr apsara ko apana sukumar, parantu mohak praharan banate haian. iandr ki sabha mean apsaraoan ka nrity aur gayan satat ahlad ka sadhan hai.
  • ghritachi, ranbha, urvashi, tilottama, menaka, kuanda adi apsaraean apane sauandary aur prabhav ke lie puranoan me kafi prasiddh haian.


tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. apsu saratti gachchhatiti apsara:
  2. shatapath brahman 11/5/1/4
  3. atharvaved 4.37.4
  4. rrigved 10/95

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