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[edit] Kalpana

There is a note on Kalpana, saying the term refers to Saraswati, but there is nothing in this article which mentions Kalpana. Could somebody who is knowledgeable please either add something to this article explaining the connection between the two names, or (if there is none), delete the link on the Kalpana dab page? RoySmith 11:48, 25 July 2005 (UTC)



I don't see a mention of Saraswati Puja in West Bengal and Nepal during Vasant Panchami. Those are supposed to be two of the biggest celebrations of Saraswati Pujan in India. ~a

[edit] Make it secular

This article needs to be modified to remove honorific elements (capitalizing pronouns) to make this page secular. Kitabparast 05:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Please give more information on Saraswati and Brahma's relationship.Brhama was father of saraswati and then also he made her a wife and kept sexual relations with her. How it is? what are the sources? How we should believe such stories? Whether it is true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.1.78.126 (talk) 18:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Three goddesses?

The article immediately begins with "Saraswati is the first of three great goddesses." The three goddesses are in no way "great" in any other aspect than that they are the consorts of the male Devas. If any goddess is great it is Devi, of whom all other goddesses are aspects. I suggest recognizing these three consorts as a triad, rather than as "great goddesses."

this is a POV. --Jayaram Uparna 04:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Some Hindus believe in a Godess Trinity which is just like the Trimurti only that the 3 members of the Trimurti (Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Brahman) are replaced by their 3 wives (Godess Durga, Godess Lakshmi, and Godess Saraswati). Armyrifle 01:34, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

called shaktas, they emphasise the supreme form of divinity as a goddess, Parashakti. They donot "replace" S V B per se in any tradition. --Jayaram Uparna 04:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Saraswati is the daughter of Brahma not his wife. Saraswati's children are the Vedas. So actually Brahma is her father. --Saraswathigirl (talk) 09:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Festivals section:

This section has many inaccuracies in it. Have corrected parts. Please give me your opinion on this. Jayaram Uparna 04:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC) JU

[edit] Saraswati belief carried across into Europe by Romanis and converted into Catholic festival

The Romani people (Roma) of Europe are of NW Indian decent and left India shortly after 1000ad. Some scholars believe the Roma are decendants of the Rajputs and were forced out of India after defeat against Islamic invasion.

The language they speak comes from a heavily Sanskrit worded Rajasthani dialect that has Panjabi & Persian additional words in it. After leaving India they were soon travelled to Anatolia where they stayed for some time and absorbed some Greek and Armenian words from the natives of that land. They then from there moved into Europe when Islamic Turks added Turkey to thier empire.

Romani converts to Catholicism have got their own Saint named Sara. Sara is connected to water and in the festival they carry statues of her down to the water. It is believed that the once Hindu believing Roma have adapted some of their beliefs to fit in with European beliefs.

[The Romani people (Roma) are not to be confused with the Roman people of Italy or the country by the name of Romania as these people are nothing to do with them] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.34.227.166 (talk) 22:21, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Which is it, V or W?

This page alternates between Saraswati and Sarasvati. The French page uses only the latter. Is it that Sarasvati is Sanskrit while Saraswati is some current language? Or, less likely, is it that this page has contributions from the Germans, who would use the W? Most likely, people looking this up would be interested in the Sanskrit form for consistency in comparative mythology, not the current form so as to be converted to Hinduism. I myself came across the name in "Cowboy Bebop". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.69.127.105 (talk) 21:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)