Sarasvatī
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Rigveda
River-goddess of speech and insight who purifies and upholds the sacrifice.
Sarasvatī illumines with her ray the great flood of light;
Sarasvatī, who impels the truthful words and awakens benevolent thoughts — she upholds the sacrifice.
Iḷā, Sarasvatī, and Mahī — three goddesses bestowing bliss — let them, unfailing, take their seats on the sacred grass.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Goddess (and paired god Sarasvan) of the sacred stream, invoked for the return of the mind and listed in a sovereignty claim.
Sarasvan and Bhaga, and all the gods are under my sway.
May Anumati, may Sarasvatī, may King Bhaga lead him back home.
we move along with Sarasvatī.
Vīramitrodaya
Goddess of learning and eloquence, invoked as favoring the author's lineage.
Lakṣmī and Sarasvatī, free from conflict, long served him, their enjoyer, who was enriched by virtues that were equally pleasing to them both.
Having worshipped the lotus-face of his preceptor, and spurned the dance on the faces of the Four-Faced (Brahmā), Sarasvatī, here, adorned with figures of speech, full of aesthetic sentiment, and endowed with virtues, performs her dances upon his tongue.
> One should worship Nidrā, Rati, Śivā, Bhadrā, Kīrti, Medhā, Sarasvatī, Prajñā, Tuṣṭi, and Kānti on that very day.
Caryāmelāpakapradīpa
Goddess of eloquence named as an attribute attained through the maṇḍala practice.
[He becomes] the great body of all Buddhas, the eloquence (Sarasvatī) of all Buddhas, the great mind of all Buddhas, the great festal radiance of all Buddhas;
Sāmaveda
A river-goddess of purity and nourishment whose favor is sought for the sacrifice.
May Sarasvatī, pure, rich in nourishment, possessing strength — she who is wealthy in prayer — desire our sacrifice.
Gaṇapatitattva
Goddess invoked in the closing benediction of the text.
The Sacred Lord of Umā The Sacred Praṇava, The Divine Śrī oṃ The Divine Śrī Sarasvatī
Manusmṛti
Goddess of speech, to whom expiatory offerings are made for the sin of falsehood in testimony.
104 // They should offer sacrifices to Sarasvatī with oblations sacred to the deity of speech, performing the highest expiation for that sin of falsehood.
Vratisasana
Goddess invoked in the closing homage sequence, associated with sacred knowledge.
Homage to Sarasvatī!
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
Goddess to whom a purifying sacrificial offering is made in the exceptional case of life-saving false testimony.
for its purification, a sacrificial porridge to Sarasvatī must be offered by the twice-born.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Sarasvatī, goddess of speech, who at Brahmā's request enters Kumbhakarṇa so that he unwittingly asks for sleep instead of a more dangerous boon.
Hearing those words, Kumbhakarṇa spoke:
To Sarasvatī thus arrived, Prajāpati spoke:
Standing at his side with joined palms, Sarasvatī spoke: