Godess Saraswati

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depicts Sarasvatiyantra Puja of Subhachandra" sefers the
deity as Mayūravahini.
This deity has three eyes and is
riding on a peacock. She holds the rosary and the bock in her hands. It is datable to circa 10th century A.D.65
Bapabhatti Surio describes the two-armed form of
the Goddess in a laudatory stanza dedicated to the Goddess.
The devi holas a manuscript with Varada mudra and a lotus in
her hancs. The verse is datable to circa 8th century A.D.
The Pañcākala-bhāsya describes the devi holding the book in her left hand while the Bhagavati Sutrao refers her carrying a full blown lotus in her hana.
Manisundara Suri (15th century A.D.) 71 in his work. śri sáradā-Stavástaka refers the Goddess having tre viņā and the bock in her two hands.
The four-armed Sarasvati appears to have enjoyed
the highest veneration among both the svetambara and the
.
Digambara sects. The Goddess in both the sects bear almost
identical attributes, barring the vāhana.
The texts like
Sarasvati Kalpa of Bapabhatti Suri,' Nirvāņakalika, Bhāratī kalpa, 74 Pratisthā sárodhāra, 75 Jinendra Kalyanabhyudaya, 76 sāradā-stotra of Malayakirti,77 Acéradinkara of vardhman Suri78 etc, refers to the four-armed icons of the
Goddess.
The sarasvati Kalpa of Bapabhatti Suri cives two
sets of symbols for four-armed Sarasvati.''
The first one
describes the Goddess as of white complexion and holding the