Uruvasi

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Uruvasi (Japanese: ウルヴァシー) is a habitable planet located in the Gandharva Starzone of the former Free Planets Alliance. It is the second planet of that system. In 799 UC (1 NIC / 490 IC / 3599 CE), Uruvasi was a relatively undeveloped world with a population of approximately 100,000. (LOGH Vol.5: Wind and Clouds)

Contents 1 Appendices 1.1 Appearances 1.2 Name variations 1.3 Background information

Appendices

Appearances

Name variations

• Uruvasi (LD/DVD subtitles)
• ウルヴァシー (LD/DVD subtitles — Japanese)

Background information

The name Uruvasi is a mistranslation of Urvashi, an Apsara (nymph or spirit) of Hindu mythology. In the myth, Apsaras are typically the wives of gandharvas; however, Urvashi herself was married to a human named Pururavas.