सरस्वती /sarasvatī/ f.
1) nom. pr. богиня красноречия и знаний, супруга Брахмы; см. ब्रह्मन् 2 2);
2) назв. миф. подземной реки, будто бы сливающейся с Гангой и Джамной у Праяга
3) красноречие

	sg.	du.	pl.
Nom.	sarasvatī	sarasvatyau	sarasvatyaḥ
Gen.	sarasvatyāḥ	sarasvatyoḥ	sarasvatīnām
Dat.	sarasvatyai	sarasvatībhyām	sarasvatībhyaḥ
Instr.	sarasvatyā	sarasvatībhyām	sarasvatībhiḥ
Acc.	sarasvatīm	sarasvatyau	sarasvatīḥ
Abl.	sarasvatyāḥ	sarasvatībhyām	sarasvatībhyaḥ
Loc.	sarasvatyām	sarasvatyoḥ	sarasvatīṣu
Voc.	sarasvati	sarasvatyau	sarasvatyaḥ

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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 सरस्वती [ sarasvatī ] [ sárasvatī ] f. ( of [ sárasvat ] q.v. under [ sáras ] ) a region abounding in pools and lakes Lit. MBh. i , 7745

  N. of a river (celebrated in Lit. RV. and held to be a goddess whose identity is much disputed ; most authorities hold that the name Sárasvatī is identical with the Avestan Haraquaiti river in Afghanistan , but that it usually means the Indus in the Lit. RV. , and only occasionally the small sacred rivers in Madhya-deśa ( see below ) ; the river-goddess has seven sisters and is herself sevenfold , she is called the mother of streams , the best of mothers , of rivers , and of goddesses ; the Ṛishis always recognize the connection of the goddess with the river , and invoke her to descend from the sky , to bestow vitality , renown , and riches ; elsewhere she is described as moving along a golden path and as destroying Vṛitra ; as a goddess she is often connected with other deities e.g. with Pūshan , Indra , the Maruts and the Aśvins ; in the Āprī hymns she forms a triad with the sacrificial goddesses Iḍā and Bhāratī ; accord. to a myth told in the Lit. VS. xix , 12 , Sárasvatī through speech ( [ vācā ] ) communicated vigour to Indra ; in the Brāhmaṇas she is identified with [ vāc ] , " Speech " , and in later times becomes goddess of eloquence see below) Lit. RV. ( 1182,2 )

  N. of a well-known small river ( held very sacred by the Hindūs ; identified with the modern Sursooty , and formerly marking with the Dṛishadvatī one of the boundaries of the region Ārya-deśa and of the sacred district called Brahmâvarta ( see Lit. Mn. ii , 17 ) in Lit. RV. vii , 95 , 2, this river is represented as flowing into the sea , although later legends make it disappear underground and join the Ganges and Jumnā at Allahābād ; see [ tri-veṇī ] , [ prayāga ] ) Lit. ib.

  N. of various rivers (esp. of rivers which in sacredness are equal to Sárasvatī and which are three accord. to Lit. AV. vi , 101 , and seven accord. to Lit. MBh. ix , 2188)

  any river Lit. Naigh. i , 13

  N. of the goddess of eloquence and learning ( cf. above ; she is opposed to Śrī or Lakshmī ( cf. Lit. Vikr. v , 24 ) , and sometimes considered as the daughter and also wife of Brahmā , the proper wife of that god being rather Sāvitri or Gāyatrī ; she is also identified with Durgā , or even with the wife of Vishṇu and of Manu , and held to be the daughter of Daksha) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  speech or the power of speech , eloquence , learning wisdom Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  a celestial or oracular voice Lit. Kālid. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Rājat.

  a cow Lit. VS. viii , 43

  an excellent woman (= [ strī-ratna ] ) Lit. L.

  N. of various plants (Cardiospermum Halicacabum , Egle Marmelos , Ruta Graveolens ) Lit. L.

  N. of a two-year-old girl representing Durgā at her festival Lit. L.

  of a poetess Lit. Cat.

  of various other women (esp. of the wives of Dadhīca , Śaṃkarâcārya , Maṇḍanamiśra ) Lit. ib.

  of one of the ten mendicant orders traced back to Śaṃkarâcārya (whose members add the word [ sarasvatī ] to their names) .

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