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Bionten, "goddess of beautiful sounds"), [129] and 妙音天 (Ch. Miàoyīntiān; Jp. Myōonten, "goddess of wonderful sounds" [130]). [131] Here, Sarasvati is portrayed with two arms holding a veena and situated between Narayana's consort Narayani and Skanda (shown riding on a peacock).
This print from the Ravi Varma Press derived from a painting by Raja Ravi Varma follows the iconographic description of Saraswati as found in the 50th chapter of the Agni Purana. She is described in the Agni Purana as being attired in white and playing the Veena with two arms and holding an aksha-mala (a string of pearls) and a pustaka (book ...
Saraswati enthroned, also known as The Goddess Saraswati Enthroned and Saraswati Plays on a Vina, [note 1] is a Deccan painting of the Bijapur school. Dated to about the beginning of the 17th century, the painting was commissioned in the Bijapur Sultanate during the reign of Ibrahim Adil Shah II .
Yellow is Basant panchami color. Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, learning, arts and music in the Hindu traditions. Date: 4 February 2014, 01:28: Source: Lakshmi Figure for Vasant Panchami Festival - Kolkata - India - 01: Author: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada
Along with Lakshmi (goddess of wealth and prosperity) and Saraswati (goddess of knowledge and learning), she forms the trinity of Hindu goddesses. [29] Parvati is married to Shiva – the destroyer, recycler, and regenerator of the universe and all life. [30] She is the mother of Hindu gods Ganesha and Kartikeya. [31] Her parents are Himavan ...
Saraswati is the goddess of learning, arts, and music, as well as the consort of Brahma, the creator. [ 4 ] Lakshmi is the goddess of fortune, wealth, fertility, auspiciousness, light, and material and spiritual fulfillment, as well as the consort of Vishnu , the maintainer or preserver. [ 5 ]
The goddess is also regarded to be the power that resides within all poetry and writing. She is the consort of the creator deity, Brahma. She is represented as a graceful figure, donning white, and traditionally depicted with the veena ( vīṇā ), rosary ( akṣamālā ), water-pot ( kamaṇḍalu ) and book ( pustaka ).
Benzaiten (shinjitai: 弁才天 or 弁財天; kyūjitai: 辯才天, 辨才天, or 辨財天, lit. "goddess of eloquence", Benten, Chinese: 辯才天, Biancaitian) is an East Asian Buddhist goddess (technically a Dharmapala, "Dharma protector") who originated from the Hindu deity Saraswati; goddess of speech, the arts, and learning.