Saraswati

:This article is about Saraswati, the Hindu goddess. There are separate articles about the Vedic Sarasvati River and Saraswati River, a small river in Haryana

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Vedic Sarasvati River - Saraswati River - Haryana

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In Hinduism, Saraswati (less frequently romanized as Sarasvati) is the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, science, speech, and all arts-- music, painting, dance and literature. In India today, Hindus still revere Sarasvati as a goddess who is a reflection of the greater Mother, or Devi, and female dynamic energy, or Shakti. Her festival is held in late January or early February and prayer, called puja, is conducted. Since she is the goddess of knowledge, students often present her their books and supplies before they begin classes and her image sometimes appears on school gates. She is also the central deity of Indian Classical Musicians. Her consort is Brahma.

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Hinduism - Goddess - Knowledge - Wisdom - Science - Speech - Arts - Music - Painting - Dance - Literature - India - Devi - Shakti - Puja - Indian Classical Music - Brahma

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The 1911 Nuttall Encyclopedia describes Sarasuati as an early Hindu mythology river-goddess; in later myths she is the wife of Brahma, goddess of wisdom and science, mother of the Vedas, and inventor of the Devanagari letters. There has been much dispute as to the stream of which she is a personification. Some have identified it with the Avestan river, Haragaiti, in Afghanistan, while others think the term a general one for any great river, and in particular the sacred name for the Indus, Sindhu being the popular one.

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Nuttall Encyclopedia - Hindu mythology - Brahma - Vedas - Devanagari - Avestan river - Haragaiti - Afghanistan - Indus - Sindhu

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