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सरस्वति (sarasvati)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
सरस्वति in comp. for सरस्वती.
Hindi
Hindi
भाषण और सीखने की देवी
Tamil
Tamil
ஸரஸ்வதி : கல்வியின் தேவதை, சொல், பேச்சு, மேலான ஸ்திரீ, பசு, ஒரு நதியின் பெயர்.
Mahabharata
English
Sarasvati^1, a sacred river. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 557 (ºyās tīrthānāṃ puṇyatā, cf. Baladevatīrthayātrā).--§ 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3779 (wife of Matināra and mother of Taṃsu), 3780 (do.).--§ 166 (Citrāṅgadop.): I, 101, 4074 (nadyās tīre Sºyāḥ).--§ 221b (Gaṅgā): I, 170, 6455 (plakshajātāṃ?).--§ 247 (Arjunavanavāsap.): I, 213, 7745 (paramaprītā nāgair iva Sºī).--§ 268 (Varuṇasabhāv.): II, 9, 371 (present in the palace of Varuṇa).--§ 285 (Nakula): II, 32, 1192 (Śūdrābhīragaṇāś caiva ye cāśritya Sºīṃ, in the west).--§ 312 (Araṇyakap.): III, 5, 241 (º-Drśadvatyau), 242 (ºtīre).--§ 317b (Kṛshṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 474 (Kṛshṇa performed a sacrifice on the S.).--§ 323 (Dvaitavanapr.): III, 25, †945 (ºśālavaneshu, the Pāṇḍavas dwelt [in Dvaitavana]
on the S.).--§ 329 (Kāmyakavanapr.): III, 36, 1451 (ºkūle, there the Kāmyaka forest is situated).-§ 358 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 82, 5002 (ºyāḥ sāgarasya ca saṅgame).--§ 360 (do.): III, 82, 5053 (Vinaśanaṃ… gacchaty antarhitā Merupṛshṭhe(!) Sºī | Camase ca Śivodbhede Nāgodbhede ca dṛśyāte), 5056 (with the tīrtha Śaśayāna), 5067 (saṅgamaṃ…Sºyāḥ).--§ 361 (Kurukshetra): III, 83, 5074 (dakshiṇena Sºyā Dṛshadvatyuttareṇa ca… Kurukshetre), 5075.--§ 364 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 6022 (with the tīrtha [of]
Arantuka (Taraṇḍaka)), 6078 (with the tīrtha Śrīkuñja), 6080 (with the tīrtha Naimishakuñja) --§ 367 (Pṛthūdaka): III, 83, 7015--7016 (puṇyam āḥuḥ Kurukshetraṃ Kurukshetrāt Sºī | Sºyāś ca tīrthāni tīrthebhyaś ca Pṛthūdakaṃ).--§ 368 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 7021 (ºtyāruṇāyāś ca saṅgamaḥ).--§ 369 (Kurukshetra): III, 83, 7075 (uttareṇa Dṛshadvatyā dakshiṇena Sºīṃ, sc. Kurukshetra).--§ 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 84, 7085 (Plakshā devī smṛtā), 8016 (Gaṅgāyāś ca…Sºyāś ca saṅgame), 8044, 8139 (the same?, near Ṛshabhadvīpa).--§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 90, 8374 (in the north), 8381 (there the Vālakhilyas performed sacrifices).--§ 384 (Agastyop.): III, 100, 8701 (the hermitage of Dadhīca was situated on the bank of the S.).--§ 409 (Plakshāvataraṇag.): III, 129, 10533.--§ 410 (do.): III, 130, 10538, 10539, 10540 (disappears at Vinaśana from hatred of the Nishādas, but reappears at Camasodbheda).--§ 434 (Saugandhikāharaṇa): III, 156, 11437.--§ 449 (Ājagarap.): III, 177, †12359, †12361 (ºtīraº), †12362 (d: pleasing to Yakshas, Gandharvas, and maharshis).--§ 451 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 182, 12552 (puṇyatīrthāṃ), 12553.--§ 459 (do.): III, 188, 12907 (seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa).--§ 494 (Āṅgirasa): III, 222, 14229 (among the rivers who are mothers of fires).--§ 570 (Sainyaniryāṇap.): V, 157, 5347 (tīrthāni Sºyāḥ, Balarāma set out to visit the tīrthas of the S., cf. § 615).--§ 574f (Bindusaras): VI, 6, 243 (among the seven streams into which the Gaṅgā divided herself), 245 (dṛśyā cādṛśyā).--§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9, 321, 343 (the same?).--§ 595 (Shoḍaśarāj., v. Bharata): VII, 68, 2384 (Bharata performed sacrifices on the S.).--§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna): VII, 34, 1477.--§ 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 44, 2029 (bahishkṛtāḥ…Sºyāḥ, sc. the Bāhīkas).--§ 610 (Śalyap.): IX, 5, 289 (āruṇām, read aruṇāṃ with B.).--§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 35, 1981 (tīrthayātrāṃ…Sºyāḥ), 1987, 1989 (ºīṃ pratisrotas), 2005 (ºtīrthavareshu, Baladeva's journey to the tīrthas of the S. with tales of the different tīrthas, their holiness and origins (ch. 35--54)).--§ 615 (Prabhāsotpattik.): IX, 35, 2048, 2050 (ºabdhisaṅgamaṃ), 2051 (with the tīrtha Prabhāsa).--§ 615b (Udapāna): IX, 35, 2063 (nashṭāṃ)
36, 2088, 2111 (appeared at Udapāna).--§ 615 (Baladevatīrthayātrā): IX, 37, 2119 (disappears at Vinaśana from contempt of the Śūdras and the Ābhīras), 2120.--§ 615c (Subhūmika): IX, 37, 2121, 2126 (with the tīrtha Subhūmika).--§ 615e (Gargasrotas): IX, 37, 2134 (with the tīrtha Gargasrotas).--§ 615f (Śaṅkhatīrtha): IX, 37, 2139, 2143 (with the Śaṅkhatīrtha).--§ 615 (Baladevatīrthayātrā): IX, 37, 2147, 2154 (yatra bhūyaḥ Sºī prāṅmukhaṃ vai nivarṛte).--§ 615h (Naimisha): IX, 37, 2157, 2162, 2171, 2173, 2176 (for the sake of the ṛshis the S. turned her course and made many kuñjas, then she again flowed in a westerly direction).--§ 615 (Baladevatīrthayātrā): IX, 37, 2179 (ºtīrthavaraṃ, i.e. Saptasārasvata), 2180.--§ 615i (Saptasārasvata): IX, 38, 2188, 2189 (?), 2197, 2198, 2199, 2200, 2202, 2204, 2209, 2212, 2213 (invoked at sacrifices the S. appeared at seven different places under various names).--§ 615j (Maṅkaṇaka): IX, 38, 2219 (Maṅkaṇaka's seed fell into the S., from that seed was born seven ṛshis).--§ 615k (Mahodara): IX, 39, 2262 (ºyās tīrthavaraṃ…Auśanasaṃ).--§ 615l (Rushaṅgu): IX, 39, 2276, 2279 (º-uttare tīre…Pṛthūdake).--§ 615n (Viśvāmitra): IX, 40, 2307 (tīrthavare Sºyāḥ).--§ 615o (Baka): IX, 41, 2329 (ºyās tīrthe), 2339.--§ 615 (Baladevatīrthayātrā): IX, 41, 2350 (at the sacrifice of Yayāti the S. produced milk and clarified butter [in the Yāyāta tīrtha]). --§ 615p (Vasishṭhāpavāha): IX, 42, 2363, 2368, 2372, 2384, 2386, 2387 (q: Vasishṭha's praise of the S.: “From the Mānasa lake (Pitāmahasya sarasaḥ) thou hast taken thy rise
the whole universe is filled with thy waters. Going through the firmament thou impartest thy waters to the clouds. Through thee we read the Vedas (adhīmahi). Thou art Pushṭi (growth), Dyuti (splendour), Kīrtti (fame), Siddhi (success), Buddhi (intellect), Umā, Vāṇī (speech), and Svāhā. This whole universe is dependent upon thee. It is thou who dwellest in all creatures in four forms”), 2390, 2392, 2396, 2398
43, 2403, 2406, 2407, 2412, 2414, 2415, 2416 (according to the curse of Viśvāmitra, the waters of the S. became mixed with blood, but she was delivered from the curse by some munis and then formed the river Aruṇā).-§ 615t (Aruṇā): IX, 43, 2441 (ºyāruṇāyāś ca… saṅgamaḥ), 2443.--§ 615 (Baladevatīrthayātrā): IX, 44, 2450.--§ 615u (Skanda): IX, 44, 2501 (Haimavatīṃ devīṃ), 2502
45, 2522
46, 2719 (ºyās tīrthavaryasya).-§ 615ee (Ādityatīrtha): IX, 49, 2850 (tīrthe Sºyāḥ, sc. Ādityatīrtha).--§ 615gg (Sārasvata): IX, 51, 2932, 2933, 2941, 2948, 2963 (from Ḍadhīca S. became the mother of Sārasvata^1).--§ 615 (Baladevatīrthayātrā): IX, 54, 3045 (prabhāvaṃ (!) ca Sºyāḥ Plakshaprasravaṇaṃ), †3073, †3074, 3075.--§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 55, 3094 (dakshiṇena Sºyāḥ, there Bhīmasena and Duryodhana fought with each other).--§ 632b (Shoḍaśarāj. v. Bharata, cf. § 595): XII, 29, 939.--§ 652b (Indrota-Pārīkshitīya): XII, 152, 5645 (= III, 7015b-7016a, but with ºīṃ instead of ºī), 5647 (º-Dṛshadvatyoḥ saṅgamaḥ).--§ 702 (Mokshadh.): XII, 298, 10937.--§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 348, 13500 (Gaṅgā and S. became the hips of Nārāyaṇa).--§ 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 18, 1334 (ºyās taṭe, there Śiva was gratified with Garga, cf. Gargasrotas).--§ 755b (Nahushop.): XIII, 100, 4786 (ºkūlāt).--§ 757m (Goloka): XIII, 102, 4889 (º-Dṛśadvatyau).--§ 768b (Umā-Maheśvarasaṃv.): XIII, 146, 6763 (nadīnām uttamā).--§ 772j (Utathya): XIII, 155, 7258 (at the injunction of Utathya the S. became invisible (adṛśyā) and went into the desert).--§ 776 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166, 7645, 7654 (the same?).-§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 7, 247 (the son of Sātyaki was established on the S.).--§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 5, 172 (the 16, 000 wives of Kṛshṇa plunged into the S.). Cf. Plakshā, plakshajātā, Plakshavatī(?).