Godess Saraswati

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on the head.
mukuța Sten Sarasvati sits on Divya Simhāsana is also known
from one Inscription found at Rampur (M.P.) of about Samvat
1664 A.D.63
The colour of Sarasvati is described as pure white
in the vast literature and it is amply supported by Inscriptions of various periods. Dhurti plates of 963 K.E. refers the Goddess as all-white Sarasvati and another
inscription states that she looks like a white female swan.
The Kapalur grant of Saka Samvat 1258 (A.D.1336-37) of
- speaks of Harihara, founder of the city Vijaynagar, Feters Sarasvati
and states that her body resembles im splendour the sky with its autumnal clouds. Her hair is said to have been decked
with the digit of the moon and who carresses a parrot and has
a lute.
This Inscription is rather noteworthy because it
at first refers to us about parrot's association with
ana Sarasvati. In some of the dhype mantras Sarasvati is described as carrying book, akşamālā, včaņā and also a parrot. Parrot is the representation of all beings. People teach words to the parrot and while it repeats they
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enjoy.
In the same manner Sarasvati bestowed upon the
beings the knowledge, and wisdoma when the people used it in
their lines, she enjoys. A parrot is the symbolic representa
beings. tation of all other arts! She (the Goddess) is the embodiment
of all arts. Her white colour is the symbol of happiness and bliss. She is the form of Ānanda. Another Inscription of Kandukar (19) of A.D.1407-08°° also refers Sarasvati as white