Sanjay Teotia
Saraswati is the goddess of wisdom and knowledge. The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in the Rig Veda. The word ‘Saraswati’ appears both as a reference to a river and as a significant deity in the Rig Veda
She is the dawn — goddess whose rays dispel the darkness of ignorance; without her there is only chaos and confusion. The four Vedas, books of universal knowledge, are her offspring. Her mount, the swan, personifies pure knowledge and her herald, the peacock is a symbol of the arts. Saraswati represents the free flow of wisdom and consciousness. It is said that the goddess endows human beings with the powers of speech, wisdom and learning.
She has four hands representing four aspects of human personality: mind, intellect, alertness and ego. Alternatively, these four arms also represent the four Vedas
The goddess is believed to have emerged from Brahma’s mouth in order to commence the existence of world and humans that reside in it. Saraswati is seen wearing radiant white sari that shows her pure saatvic nature. She carries the Veena, which symbolizes vibrational harmony of life.
She holds the Vedas and a japamala, which symbolize constant meditation upon the divine name.
Saraswati denotes the creative power of Brahma. She is elegant, graceful and glows with the light of knowledge. She is also known as Gayatri, which is where the Gayatri Mantra gets its name.
She is the goddess of skills; anything to do with music, art, wisdom, learning, and creation is directly linked to Saraswati. Everybody prays to her for guidance and knowledge. Hindus in India and elsewhere, start their education or intellectual endeavor, by worshipping Saraswati, who also guides the souls of the deceased to find their way in the afterlife. Ma Saraswati is identified as the inventor of Sanskrit and appropriately, gives Ganesha the gifts of pen and ink. Saraswati Puja is part of India’s traditional culture of respect for learning.
Some people celebrate Basant Panchami by helping children learn how to write alphabets. The Rig Veda says: May the mothers cleanse us, may they who purify with butter, purify us with butter, for these goddesses bear away defilement, we come up out of them, pure and cleansed.
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Sanjay Teotia
Saraswati is the goddess of wisdom and knowledge. The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in the Rig Veda. The word ‘Saraswati’ appears both as a reference to a river and as a significant deity in the Rig Veda
She is the dawn — goddess whose rays dispel the darkness of ignorance; without her there is only chaos and confusion. The four Vedas, books of universal knowledge, are her offspring. Her mount, the swan, personifies pure knowledge and her herald, the peacock is a symbol of the arts. Saraswati represents the free flow of wisdom and consciousness. It is said that the goddess endows human beings with the powers of speech, wisdom and learning.
She has four hands representing four aspects of human personality: mind, intellect, alertness and ego. Alternatively, these four arms also represent the four Vedas
The goddess is believed to have emerged from Brahma’s mouth in order to commence the existence of world and humans that reside in it. Saraswati is seen wearing radiant white sari that shows her pure saatvic nature. She carries the Veena, which symbolizes vibrational harmony of life.
She holds the Vedas and a japamala, which symbolize constant meditation upon the divine name.
Saraswati denotes the creative power of Brahma. She is elegant, graceful and glows with the light of knowledge. She is also known as Gayatri, which is where the Gayatri Mantra gets its name.
She is the goddess of skills; anything to do with music, art, wisdom, learning, and creation is directly linked to Saraswati. Everybody prays to her for guidance and knowledge. Hindus in India and elsewhere, start their education or intellectual endeavor, by worshipping Saraswati, who also guides the souls of the deceased to find their way in the afterlife. Ma Saraswati is identified as the inventor of Sanskrit and appropriately, gives Ganesha the gifts of pen and ink. Saraswati Puja is part of India’s traditional culture of respect for learning.
Some people celebrate Basant Panchami by helping children learn how to write alphabets. The Rig Veda says: May the mothers cleanse us, may they who purify with butter, purify us with butter, for these goddesses bear away defilement, we come up out of them, pure and cleansed.
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