Godess Saraswati

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temple located at Lalitpur, records a hymn inpraise of both Manjunath and Viswakarma; where in also is noticed the concept of Sarasvati as the Sakti of Mañjusri.
Sarasvati is known by various names from
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In Nagpur Stone Inscription" of Vikrama 1161 ( 1103 A-4.), there is a reference to Vagdevayah in the dual number, which is rather interesting. According to Skanda 33
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and Padma Purāņas, Sarasvati and Gayatri were two wives of Brahma and the two goddesses also have some similar features. Hence Vägdevyȧ here may refer to Sarasvati and Gayatri. The Inscription at Ittagi of W.Chalukya Vikramaditya VI refers Sarasvati as Vāni.35 One Inscription, Dahod Stone
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Inscription of Mahamuda (Begashe) V.S. 1545 (Saka Era 1410). Sultan of Gujrat refers to a Goddess, to whom Jaina writer Chandraprabha Suri37 takes as Brahmi alias Sarasvati i.e. most probably Durga-Sarasvati of sarada shrine. The Bijholi Rock Inscription of Chahmana Somesvara, V.S. 1226, adored the goddess of speech under her two appelations, Sarada and Bharati.38 Pujaripali Stone Inscription of Gopaladeval (K.E.) 11th century A.D. calls the Goddess as Gauri whereas the Maihar Inscription refers her as identical with Brahmi, Kamala, Gauri.
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The Karanbel Stone Inscription of Jayasimha describes the goddess as Çaturvritti, the presiding deity of the four arts viz, nṛtya, gita, vadya and kavya. The four
arts flow in four streams, hence the goddess Caturgati.41
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