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Saraswati

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Saraswati is a female deity who may share a mantra with Prajñāpāramitā Devi. In some depictions, she is said to be carrying a Prajñāpāramitā sutra.

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When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Vedic period.

Relationships

co occurs with
Vasudhara, Horae, Triglav, Armaiti, Anâitâ, Iuppiter, Mahamaya, Śruti, Smriti, Ātman Vidya, Brahmavidya, Adya Kali, Mahāmārī, Lakṣmī, Parameshwari, Trimūrti, Shakti, Rudra, Nirṛti, Aditi, Savitr, Ratri, Raka, Aranyani, Dinsana, Puramdhi, Parendi, Mahi, Sri, Menavati, Prajapati, Pushan, Shri-Lakshmi, Tvashtri, Bharati, Ila, Narayani, Kisshōten, Akhilandeswari, Surasati, Vibhooti Seethar, Jambukeswara, Varahi, Prasanna Ganapathi, Radha, Himavan, Gauri, Ardhanarishvara, Mainavati, Tarakasura, Brahmacharini, Prakandasura, Candra, Harihara, Dharaṇī, Devi Sarasvatī, Nīlakaṇṭha, Ganges, Jumna, Hera, Moirai, Charites, Taras, Cundā, Prajñāpāramitā-devi, Vesta, Vayu, Janus, Mahalakshmi, Mahakali, Manjushri, Agni, Prithvi, devi, Bhagiratha, Uṣas, Soma, Mitra, Brihaspati, Yama, Ugajin, Durga, Bhairavas, Ranganatha, Sita, Ganesha, Kārtikeya, kali, Kamadeva, Varuna, Adityas, Maheśvara, Narayana, Ashura
allied with
Śiva, Lakshmi, Parvati, Marut, Indra, Ashvins
aspect of
Mahadevi, Supreme Goddess
serves
Deva, Indra, Vishnu
syncretized with
river goddess, Benzaiten, Vach, Thurathadi, Phra Sunthariwani, Jhandewali Devi
manifests as
Vāc, Yami
consort of
Vishnu, Brahma, Sarasvant
enemy of
Lakshmi, Namuchi, Vritra, Ganga, Angalamman
created by
Brahma
sibling of
Gayatri, Savitri
manifested by
Tridevi, Mahadevi, Angel Thuyathadi, Vāc, Benzaiten, Akhilandeswari, Brahmani, Ishvari, Gayatri
child of
Brahma, Avalokiteshvara
served by
Vadavagni, Hamsa
has aspect
Sharada, Brahmani, Brahmi, Bharadi, Vani, Vachi, Varnesvari, Kavijihvagravasini, Nāmagal, Thurathadi, Tipitaka Medaw, Biàncáitiān, Suratsawadi, Saratsawadi

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Sources

wikipedia (19)
  1. Prajñāpāramitā Devī
  2. Janus
  3. Mahakali
  4. Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
  5. Triple goddesses
  6. Hindu deities
  7. List of Hindu deities
  8. Rivers in Hinduism
  9. Lakshmi
  10. Saraswati
  11. Benzaiten
  12. Ganga (goddess)
  13. Thurathadi
  14. Devi
  15. Akilandeswari
  16. Angala Devi
  17. Brahmacharini
  18. Brahmani (Matrika)
  19. Avalokiteśvara
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Allahabad (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Sometimes, other female deities may share a mantra with the devi, like Saraswati (see above) and Vasudhara (the Vasudhārādhāraṇī contains two mantras which name Prajñāpāramitā Devi, e.g.: oṃ śrīprajñāpāramite svāhā).”

#11384 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“such as Roman Vesta, Vedic Saraswati and Agni, Avestic Armaiti and Anâitâ) who show a sort of mutual solidarity.”

#11808 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“states that she is supreme (paramā) and indeed Durga, Śruti, Smriti, Mahalakshmi, Saraswati, Ātman Vidya and Brahmavidya”

#12835 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Tridevi (Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati)”

#19077 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Tridevi is the trinity of goddess consorts for the gods in the Trimurti, typically personified by the Hindu goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati.”

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