Tilottama
Sign in to saveTilottama (), is an apsara (celestial nymph) described in Hindu mythology.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.image
- Tilottama.jpg
- Deity.alt
- Tilottama
- Deity.caption
- Tilottama by Raja Ravi Varma
- Deity.name
- Tilottama
- Deity.Devanagari
- तिलोत्तमा
- Deity.Sanskrit_transliteration
- Tilottamā
- Deity.abode
- Svarga (heaven)
- Deity.affiliation
- Apsara
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Aniruddha
- Material used
- chromolithography
- Creator
- Raja Ravi Varma
- Image
- Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red Wellcome V0045104.jpg
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- Mahabharata
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- Tilottama
- inception
- 1896-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Legend
- Death of Sunda and Upasunda
- Enchantress of the devas
- Curse to king Sahasranika
- Previous birth and rebirth
- In popular culture
- References
- External links
Tilottama (), is an apsara (celestial nymph) described in Hindu mythology.
"Tila" is a Sanskrit word for a small particle and "uttama" means the ultimate. Tilottama, therefore, means the being whose smallest particle is the finest or one who is composed of the finest and highest qualities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tilottama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.