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Asparas in Bas Relief

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Ref.#06 3862 ~ Asparas in Bas Relief, Angkor Wat, Cambodia
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Apsaras are beautiful, supernatural female beings. They are youthful and elegant, and superb in the art of dancing. Three Apsaras appear on the pillar at the 12th-century Buddhist temple the Bayon. Their origin is ex­plained in the story of the churning of the Ocean of Milk found in the Vishnu Purana. Stories in the Mahabhara-ta detail the exploits of individual Apsaras, who were often used by the gods as agents to persuade or seduce mythological demons or heroes. The widespread use of Apsaras as a motif for decorating the walls and pillars of temples and other religious buildings, however, was a Khmer innovation.

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