Godess Saraswati

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Sarasvati's association with Visnu in medieval
period is well-reflected in the inscriptions. The Chatsu Inscription of Baladitya?4 of 10th century A.D. refers : Sarasvati as a co-wife of Laksmi and as jealously guarding
her husband's action (i.e, of Murări).
The same Inscription
states that Sarasvati is said to have aversion to the people
endowed with sri."
Sarasvati's intimate relation with
Nārāyana is also attested in the Khalari Stone Inscription
of the reign of Haribrahma deva dated in Vikram 1471 (1414 A.D.).
che erotic love expression of Vişnu with Lakşmi and
Sarasvati is attested by one Bhubaneswar Inscription of about 12th centu: A.D.17 It states that "May Hari Make you prosperous; the God, who being desirous of embracing (Sarasvati) with his body marked with Saffron-lines on the Jar like
breasts of Lakşmi (already) held by him in deep embrace, was
thus taurted by the goddess of speech Sarasvati - do not spoil
thy fresh garland (oh, Lord).18 In one Inscription dated Nepal Samvat 689,"o discovered at Mangalbazar at Lalitpur and collected in the Nepal Museum, both Lakşmi and Sarasvati are delineates as the consorts of Visnu. And they who are
symbolisec as the goddess of material as well as spiritual
wealth were at dřaggers drawn against each other. This is the reason why the learned men have put forth the above
saying in Karious literatures : .20 This saying is also inscribed in the Allahabad Pillar Inscription. In a 15th century Inscription, the association of the goddess Sarasvati