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    Saraswati is the divinity of learning and knowledge. She is invoked at the beginning of studies through a common verse that children are taught. The verse salutes Saraswati, asks for her blessings to begin one's studies, and wishes for success. It raises some questions about why learning is associated with a river goddess and referred to as a boon-giver and embodiment of desires. The river metaphor may refer to the flowing nature of knowledge, as water flows in rivers and lakes.

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    8/23/2018 Practical Sanskrit: saraswati namastubhyaM सर व त नम तु यं
    POPULAR POSTS Salutations to Sarasvatī - the divinity of learning. SELECTED READING

    shrI- We are what we eat -


    gaNesh सर वित नम तु यं वरदे काम िपिण । द पो भ यते वा तं
    a-
    िव ार भं क र यािम िसि भवतु मे सदा ॥ Worthiness of men
    stotram and women - अ वः
    - ण य श ं शा ं वीणा
    शरसा saraswati namastubhyam varadé kāmarūpiṇi | Science is the only
    दे वं
    vidyārambham kariṣhyāmi, siddhirbhavatu mé sadā || (IAST) eye - अनेकसंशयो छे द
    This Ganesh
    saraswati namastubhyam varade kAmarUpiNi | Time of the wise and
    Chaturthi, let us know
    the meaning of the vidyArambham kariShyAmi, siddhirbhavatu me sadA || (ITRANS) the fool -
    Ganesh Stotram, with का यशा वनोदे न
    eight shloka-s. The O Saraswatī, salutations for you, O Giver of boons, O Kāmarūpiṇī , Five types of fathers -
    meaning in English is अ नदाता भय ाता
    I am going to start studies, may success be mine, always.
    given in almost the
    sa... Role of parents - माता
    श ःु पता वैर
    meditate [See also Saraswati Stuti ] God helps them who
    upon help themselves - न
    ganesh -
    Small kids are taught this shloka (verse) when they start school. Maybe not anymore in English दे वा द डमादाय
    गणनाय
    medium schools in India. But in the Sunday School (culture/heritage schools) abroad, Indian Large shoes, small
    काय
    footprint - भोगा न भु ता
    गणदे वता families still teach this. Maybe they miss the culture more than those in India. It is always true
    य गणा य ाय धीम ह । that most of us do not know the value of something unless we don't have it. Going out of India, Human or animal,
    You may also like this parents feel the need of self-identity, and focus much more on the culture. what is the difference?
    post on Ganesh - आहार- न ा-भय-मैथन ु ं
    Stotram - praNamya च
    shirasA devam . (Click But there are some questions that arise if you think a bit about this shloka -
    Green, bountiful,
    on image below to
    mother earth - समु -
    enlarge it.) ॥ ी ग... 1. Why is the divinity of learning, knowledge called Saraswatī सर वती - the name of a river, वसने दे व
    whose literal meaning is 'one with flow'?
    saraswa 'The Force' is in your
    ti
    2. Why is she called boon-giver? hands - करा े वसते
    namastu 3. Why is she called Kāmarūpiṇī ? Shouldn't that be Lakṣhmī ल मी - the divinity of prosperity? ल मी
    bhyaM
    सर व त Think about it.
    नम तभु ्
    यं
    Salutations to
    Sarasvatī - the divinity 1. Why is the divinity of learning, knowledge called saraswatī - the name of a river, whose
    of learning. सर व त literal meaning is 'one with flow'
    नम तु यं वरदे
    काम प ण । व यार भं
    The words saritā (स रता = river), sarovara (सरोवर = lake), sarī-sṛipa (सर -सप
    ृ = reptiles), sarpa (सप
    क र या म स भवतु
    मे... = serpent) all have the same root - to flow.

    knowledge leads to Water flows. That is its dharma (धम) - defining quality. Actually the generic term for liquid is the
    happiness - व या
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