"Sarasvati" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Sanskrit सरस्वती (sárasvatī). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|sa|सरस्वती|tr=sárasvatī}} Sanskrit सरस्वती (sárasvatī) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sarasvati
  1. The Hindu goddess of knowledge and the arts. Categories (topical): Hindu deities Translations (the Hindu goddess): သူရဿတီ (sura.ssa.ti) (Burmese), 辯才天女 (Chinese Mandarin), 辩才天女 (Biàncáitiānnǚ) (Chinese Mandarin), Sarasvatí [feminine] (Czech), सरस्वती (sarasvatī) [feminine] (Hindi), サラスヴァティー (Sarasubatī) (Japanese), 弁才天 (alt: べんざいてん Benzaiten) (Japanese), സരസ്വതി (sarasvati) (Malayalam), सरस्वती (sarasvatī) [feminine] (Sanskrit), సరస్వతీ (sarasvatī) (Telugu), དབྱངས་ཅན (dbyangs can) (Tibetan), དབྱངས་ཅན་མ (dbyangs can ma) (Tibetan), དབྱངས་ཅན་སྒྲོལ་མ (dbyangs can sgrol ma) (Tibetan), سرسوتی [feminine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Sarasvati-en-name-sesQMYp2 Disambiguation of Hindu deities: 55 5 40 Disambiguation of 'the Hindu goddess': 83 0 16
  2. A legendary river in the Rigveda.
    Sense id: en-Sarasvati-en-name-le0eZVUE
  3. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Sarasvati-en-name-Yh65jiPz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 29 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 20 64 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 36 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Saraswati

Alternative forms

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