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Sarasvati

American  
[suh-ruhs-vuh-tee, suhr-uhs-vuh-] / səˈrʌs və ti, ˈsʌr əs və- /

noun

  1. the Hindu goddess of learning and the arts.


Sarasvati British  
/ sʌˈrʌsvəti /

noun

  1. Hinduism a goddess of learning and eloquence

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Puppala’s boss, Siddharth Sarasvati, said the new fee is a deterrent for a startup like his.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2025

Here, it is the angelic Sarasvati “Sara” Troy who climbs her namesake, the fictionalized highest peak in the Indian Himalayas, also known as Mysterium.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018

Having bowed down into Narayana, and to Nara, the foremost of men, as also to the goddess Sarasvati, should the word "Jaya" be uttered.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

The wife of Brahma is Sarasvati, goddess of wisdom; that of Vishnu, Lakshmi, goddess of virtue, and Siva's spouse is Kali, goddess of death, the universal destroyer.

From The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery by Nicolas Notovitch

Of these gods Brahma's consort, Sarasvati, the goddess of speech and learning, brought to earth the art of music, and gave to mankind the Vina.

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell

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