Godess Saraswati

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She is seated on a red lotus in the Pratyalidha pose. She
carries in her three right hands, the Prajñāpāramită book on a lotus, sword and kastr. In the left hands are shown Brahmakapāla, jewel and disc in descending orders."
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Besides the sádhanas prescribed in sadhanamala,
reference to the goddess of learning is also found in the
Nispānnavegāvali. In the Durgati-Parisodhana mandala of
I mentioned Nispānnavagavali, a series of deities are placed. Here we
notice the figure of Sarasvati in the miscellaneous group.
There is a sloka - "Sarasvati sita Saveyna Vajram Vāmena vīņām."101 In the Bhutaļāmara mandala, Sarasvati is also represented and she is described as "Naikhatyam Chandra Sarasvati vinam vadayanti."
The Goddess has a tantrik form in Tibet.
She is
red with three faces, six-arms, a war like pose and tantra attributes. 103 However from other tibetan traditions like Sgrubthabs Kunbtus Volkha, Alex Wayman" have prescribed
three basic sorms of Sarasvati : (i) the Indepencent white
goddess; (ii. the Independent red goddess; (iii) the coddess as a cor.sort.
(i)
Here the Goddess, Vāgdevi is having one face, and
as that of a two-arms. Her face is calm, smiling and lovely with charming
youth of sixteen years. She has a narrow waist and firm and
high breasts. She is in squatting postures and hold) an
instrument of many strings of Lapis Lazuli in both of her
hands. She is decorated on the crown of her head with crescent