apsara | अप्सरा
apsara (Devanagari: अप्सरा IS)15919: apsarā) are women whose body is made of tej the fire element of panch mahabhuta.
Apsaras are also material beings and their bodies are taijas (Devanagari: तैजस् ISO15919: taijas) means they are made of tej element. So, they are always considered clean.
Like, all other taijas bodies they are not made of flesh and bones. They are lustrous, fragrant, don't produce any fecal matter, or have any physical afflictions.
The apsaras reside in svarga and entertain devatas by dancing to the music made by the Gandharvas. Urvashi, Menaka and Rambha are the most famous apsaras.
They are maids of the Indra, the king of svarga. Indra has used them to disrupt the tapasya of ascetics like Vishvamitra.
Indra sent Menaka to disrupt tapasya of child saint Dhruv as well. Since apsaras are material beings they could not disrupt Dhruv's tapasya for attaining God. Nor could they dissuade other divine personalities like Arjun and Shukdev paramhansa.
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