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Results for सरस्वती

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सरस्वतीsarasvatī1 N. of the goddess of speech and learning, and represented as the wife of Brahman; परस्पर-…
    1. 1 Name of the goddess of speech and learning, and represented as the wife of Brahman; परस्पर- विरोधिन्योरेकसंश्रयदुर्लभम् । संगतं श्रीसरस्वत्योर्भूतयेऽस्तु सदा सताम् ॥ V.5.24.
    2. Speech, voice, words; इति देहविमुक्तये स्थितां रतिमाकाशभवा सरस्वती ... अन्वकम्पयत् Ku.4.39,43; R. 15.46.
    3. Name of a river (which is lost in the sands of the great desert).
    4. A river in general.
    5. A cow; ŚB. on MS.1.3.49; Vāj.8.43.
    6. An excellent woman.
    7. Name of Durgā.
    8. Name of a female divinity peculiar to the Buddhists.
    9. The Soma plant.
    10. The plant called ज्योतिष्मती.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सरस्वतीsarasvatīf. see (अती) s.v.
    1. feminine see (अती) sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order
    2. feminine (of स्/अरस्वत् quod vide under स्/अरस्) a region abounding in pools and lakes MBh. i, 7745
    3. feminine Name of a river (celebrated in fg-veda and held to be a goddess whose identity is much disputed; most authorities hold that the name S Sa4rasvati1 सरस्वती is identical with the Avestan Haraquaiti river in Afghanistan, but that it usually means the Indus in the fg-veda, and only occasionally the small sacred rivers in Madhya-des3a मध्य-देश [see below]; the river-goddess has seven sisters and is herself sevenfold, she is called the mother of streams, the best of mothers, of rivers, and of goddesses; the R2ishis ऋषि s always recognize the connection of the goddess with the river, and invoke her to descend from the sky, to bestow vitality, renown, and riches; elsewhere she is described as moving along a golden path and as destroying Vr2itra वृत्र etc.; as a goddess she is often connected with other deities exempli gratia, 'for example' with Pu1shan पूषन्, Indra इन्द्र, the Maruts मरुत् s and the As3vins अश्विन् s Page1182,3; in the A1pri1 आप्री hymns she forms a triad with the sacrificial goddesses Id2a1 इडा and Bha1rati1 भारती; according to to a myth told in the VS. xix, 12, S Sa4rasvati1 सरस्वती through speech [वाचा] communicated vigour to Indra इन्द्र; in the Bra1hman2as ब्राह्मण s she is identified with वाच्, "Speech", and in later times becomes goddess of eloquence see below) fg-veda etc.
    4. feminine Name of a well-known small river (held very sacred by the Hindu1s Hindus; identified with the modern Sursooty, and formerly marking with the Dr2ishadvati1 दृषद्वती one of the boundaries of the region A1rya-des3a आर्य-देष and of the sacred district called Brahma7varta ब्रह्मा*वर्त [see Mn. ii, 17] in fg-veda vii, 95, 2, this river is represented as flowing into the sea, although later legends make it disappear underground and join the Ganges and Jumna1 Jumna at Allaha1ba1d Allahabad; see त्रि-वेणी, प्रयाग) ibidem
    5. feminine Name of various rivers (especially of rivers which in sacredness are equal to S Sa4rasvati1 सरस्वती and which are three according to to AV. vi, 101, and seven according to to MBh. ix, 2188)
    6. feminine any river Naigh. i, 13
    7. feminine Name of the goddess of eloquence and learning (confer, compare a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page); she is opposed to S3ri1 श्री or Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी [confer, compare Vikr. v, 24], and sometimes considered as the daughter and also wife of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा, the proper wife of that god being rather Sa1vitri सावित्रि or Ga1yatri1 गायत्री; she is also identified with Durga1 दुर्गा, or even with the wife of Vishn2u विष्णु and of Manu मनु, and held to be the daughter of Daksha दक्ष) Mn. MBh. etc.
    8. feminine speech or the power of speech, eloquence, learning wisdom MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    9. feminine a celestial or oracular voice Ka1lid. Katha1s. Ra1jat.
    10. feminine a cow VS. viii, 43
    11. feminine an excellent woman (Equivalent to स्त्री-रत्न) Lexicographers
    12. feminine Name of various plants (Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Egle Marmelos, Ruta Graveolens etc.) Lexicographers
    13. feminine Name of a two-year-old girl representing Durga1 दुर्गा at her festival Lexicographers
    14. feminine of a poetess catalogue or catalogues
    15. feminine of various other women (especially of the wives of Dadhi1ca दधीच, S3am2kara7ca1rya शंकरा*चार्य, Man2d2anamis3ra मण्डनमिश्र etc.) ibidem
    16. feminine of one of the ten mendicant orders traced back to S3am2kara7ca1rya शंकराचार्य (whose members add the word सरस्वती to their names).
    17. etc. see page and participle 1182, column 2 .
    Source: Monier-Williams

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