Urvashi (उर्वशी) means "she who controls the heart." **The most beautiful of all the apsaras (celestial nymphs) of Hindu mythology** — born from the thigh of the sage Narayana. **Her love affair with the mortal king Pururavas — the founding myth of the Lunar Dynasty** — appears in the *Rig Veda*, the *Shatapatha Brahmana*, and Kalidasa's masterpiece play *Vikramorvashiyam*. **The original tale of a celestial being who falls to earth for love** in Indian literature.
Featured throughout Vedic and classical Sanskrit literature.
Urvashi reduces to seven — the number of most beautiful apsara.