"Rigveda Hymn XCV. Urvasi. Purūravas."
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Urvashi
Urvashi (Urvaśī, from Uras "heart" + Vashi "one who controls", "one who controls the heart") is an Apsara (nymph) in Hindu legend. Monier Monier-Williams proposes a different etymology in which the name means "widely pervasive," and suggests that in its first appearances in Vedic texts it is a name for the dawn goddess. She was a celestial maiden in Indra's court and was considered the most beautiful of all the Apsaras. She became the wife of king Pururavas (Purūrávas, from purū+rávas "crying mu
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