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saraswati

 
Monier Williams
English
SARASWATĪ,
s.
(The wife of the god Brahmā, or, according
to some, of Dharma. She is goddess of speech and elo-
quence, patroness of music and the arts, and inventress
of the Sanskrit language and Devanāgarī letters) सरस्वती,
वाग्देवी, वागीश्वरी, वाणी, वाक्
f.
(च्), ब्राह्मी, ब्रह्मकन्यका, वाङ्मयी,
भारती, शारदा, लपिता, वाग्विलासिनी, वाग्वल्ली, वाग्वल्लरी. The
name Sarasvatī, signifying ‘flowing, is applied to a cele-
brated river as well as to the goddess of speech. The
river rises in the mountains N. E. of Dehli.