Tilottama
Tilottama is a famous apsara.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Mahabharata.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ghritachi, Tennyo, Tennan, Nārada, Brahma, Nikumbha, Parvati, Alambusa, Kama, Narayana, Nara, Rati, Apsaras, Tennin, Śiva, Urvaśī
- sibling of
- Rambha, Aruṇa, Manorama, Rakshita, Subahu, Keshini, Surata, Suraja, Alambusha, Mishrakeshi, Vidhyutparna
- created by
- Vishvakarma
- serves
- Indra
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Famous apsaras include Urvashi, Menaka, Rambha, Tilottama and Ghritachi.”
#5713 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Rambha and her apsaras sisters Alambusha, Mishrakeshi, Vidhyutparna, Tilottama, Aruna, Rakshita, Manorama, Subahu, Keshini, Surata and Suraja are the daughters of the sage Kashyapa and his wife Pradha”
#8020 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Padma Purana narrates that Tilottama was an ugly widow named Kubja in her previous birth. Kubja underwent auspicious ceremonies for eight years and finally performing the ritual Magha puja. This ensured that she was born as Tiliottama and appeared in Svarga as an apsara.”
#8097 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“he orders the apsaras of his court, including Rambha, Menaka, and Tilottama, to go to Nara-Narayana and distract them through seduction...Her beauty leaves Indra's apsaras matchless, and they become ashamed”
#8131 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5