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The Saraswati Vandana (Sanskrit: सरस्वती वन्दना, romanized: Sarasvatī Vandanā) is a Hindu mantra. It is addressed to the goddess Saraswati , the goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning.
The Saraswati Shloka (Sanskrit: सरस्वती श्लोक, romanized: Sarasvatī Śloka) is a Hindu prayer. It is traditionally chanted by a student before their commencement of studies. It is traditionally chanted by a student before their commencement of studies.
The Medha Suktam from the Vedas are from the centuries before the common era, when the conceptualization of Saraswati as the goddess of knowledge. Though the two popular versions of Medha Suktam explained above also invoke a goddess called Saraswati, the emphasis is more on goddess Medha and on Medha (knowledge) itself.
The Lalita Sahasranama, which is a Shaktist stotra. [17] This Devi-related work is found in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa. [18] The Ganesha Sahasranama, found in the Ganesha Purana. [19] [20] The Hanuman Sahasranama, is a Hanuman stotra told by Valmiki. Its origin is unknown, but it is often attributed to the deity Rama. [21]
Saraswati begins circumambulating him in reverence. Not wishing to keep turning his face to see her, Brahma produced faces on the sides and back of his head. Sarasvati then leapt into the sky and a fifth face emerged from Brahma, looking upwards.
Sadasiva Brahmendra (15th Century) was a saint, composer of Carnatic music and Advaita philosopher and Sishya of the great saint Shri Paramasivendra Saraswati (57th Shankaracharya of Moolamnaya Sarvajna Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham), who lived near Thiruvenkadu, Tamil Nadu, during the 15th/16th century.
A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.
The author and the century in which Sarasvati-rahsya Upanishad was composed is unknown. It is a late Upanishad, likely from the late medieval period. [15] The text was likely composed, in the same period as other Shakta Upanishads, between the 12th- and 15th-century CE. [1]