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'''Sarasvati''' [Skt.] (Tib. ''yangchenma''; ''dbyangs can ma'') - The goddess of learning. She is often depicted as white in colour and playing a lute.
'''Sarasvati''' (Skt. Sarasvatī; Tib. ''Yangchenma''; [[Wyl.]] ''dbyangs can ma'') -  
 
#the goddess of learning, often depicted as white in colour and playing a lute, or
#one of the [[Twenty-One Taras]], also white in colour; peaceful and smiling, she holds a lotus upon which is a mirror marked which the syllable Hrī.


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Revision as of 12:28, 20 September 2008

Sarasvati (Skt. Sarasvatī; Tib. Yangchenma; Wyl. dbyangs can ma) -

  1. the goddess of learning, often depicted as white in colour and playing a lute, or
  2. one of the Twenty-One Taras, also white in colour; peaceful and smiling, she holds a lotus upon which is a mirror marked which the syllable Hrī.

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