As a deity name
Name 967 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 1004 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 174 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 177 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
speech or the power of speech, eloquence, learning wisdom, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sarasvatyai" is the dative of "sarasvatī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sarasvatyai" is the dative of "sarasvat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "sarasvat" is derived from "saras" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
saras n. ‘anything flowing or fluid’, a lake, large sheet of water, pond, pool, tank, RV. &c. &c. a trough, pail, RV.
water, Naigh. i, 2
saras—vat (saras-), mfn. abounding in or connected with ponds &c., BhP.
juicy, sapid, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
saras—vatī (atī), f., see s.v.
sarasvatī f. (of sarasvat, q.v. under saras) a region abounding in pools and lakes, MBh. i, 7745
saras—vat (saras-), mfn. abounding in or connected with ponds &c., BhP.
juicy, sapid, L.
saras n. ‘anything flowing or fluid’, a lake, large sheet of water, pond, pool, tank, RV. &c. &c. a trough, pail, RV.
water, Naigh. i, 2
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