Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Hind. myth., the goddess of speech, music, arts, and letters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Hind. Myth.) The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.
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- proper noun The
Hindu goddess of knowledge and the arts. - proper noun A legendary river in the
Rigveda . - proper noun A female
given name used in India.
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the last three nights, Goddess Saraswati is worshiped.
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Lakshmi then called Saraswati and asked her to go to every house and ask the householders not to give food and water to Jagannath.
Sense & Sensuality 2009
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Lakshmi then called Saraswati and asked her to go to every house and ask the householders not to give food and water to Jagannath.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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There is Edgar, a man who is trying to coax the spirit of John Wilkes Booth into an acceptable form of AI replacement, Pramesh, a former computer programmer who has been coerced into spending all his time with a sentient network know as Saraswati, and Rayvenn Moongold Stonewolf, a recent convert to paganism who is trying to persuade the marsh spirit to abandon its home before it is destroyed.
BestScienceFictionStories.com » Post Topic » Artifice and Intelligence by Tim Pratt 2008
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In that region also, O son of Pritha, is the river Saraswati, which is ever worshipped by the god, where, in days of yore, the Valikhilyas, O great king, performed sacrifices.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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In that region also, O son of Pritha, is the river Saraswati, which is ever worshipped by the god, where, in days of yore, the Valikhilyas, O great king, performed sacrifices.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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In a telephone interview Friday evening, Mr. Rai, 39, said he stumbled upon material that he found offensive about the Hindu goddess of learning, called Saraswati.
NYT > Home Page By SOMINI SENGUPTA 2012
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Most of them are in the so called Saraswati river valley hence, many insist on calling this culture as Sindhu-Saraswati culture.
DesiPundit Manisha Chitale 2010
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Narinder Nanu/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Basant Panchami, which this year falls on Feb. 8, is also celebrated in many parts of India as Saraswati Puja in honor of the Hindu Goddess Saraswati, who symbolizes the constant flow of wisdom and the blossoming of nature.
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Left, an artist painted an idol of Saraswati in Amritsar on Feb. 2, 2011.
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