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This article is related to Hindu legend. For the Indian film actresses with the name Urvashi see Urvashi (actress) and Urvashi Sharma.Urvashi (Urvaśī, from Urus "thighs" + Vasi "born from", "The one born from Lord Vishnu's thighs") 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.

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  • This article is related to Hindu legend. For the Indian film actresses with the name Urvashi see Urvashi (actress) and Urvashi Sharma.Urvashi (Urvaśī, from Urus "thighs" + Vasi "born from", "The one born from Lord Vishnu's thighs") 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.
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