THE BLUE MERMAID/ mermaid art from 2010/ mixed media DIGITAL ART/ with comments on the mythological correlations of terms relating to Vilasa, the ecstasy of the Apsaras, and the mermaid Vila of the Ionian Sea

                             

                                                 The Blue Mermaid

                                                 2010
                                                 by Eric Whollem
                                                 mixed media digital art
                                                    Copyright by the artist.

Vilasa, the Ecstasy of the Apsaras

Vilasa, in the Sanksrit language means "ecstasy."
The term is usually applied to the Apsaras, who swim
in the mist of the Gandharvas, the Celestial Musicians.
The mermaid's ecstasy is Vilasa.