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'''Sarasvati''' (Skt. ''Sarasvatī''; Tib. ''Yangchenma''; [[Wyl.]] ''dbyangs can ma'') -  
'''Sarasvati''' (Skt. ''Sarasvatī''; Tib. [[དབྱངས་ཅན་མ་]], ''Yangchenma''; [[Wyl.]] ''dbyangs can ma'') -  


#the goddess of learning, often depicted as white in colour and playing a lute, or
#the goddess of learning, often depicted as white in colour and playing a lute, or

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Sarasvati (Skt. Sarasvatī; Tib. དབྱངས་ཅན་མ་, 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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