According to the Devi Mahatmya, this supreme goddess is the primordial creator which is supreme formless (nirguna) consciousness (i.e. parabrahman, absolute reality) and the tridevi are her main saguna ("with form", manifest, incarnated) emanations. [66] Mahasaraswati is said to be creative and active principle (which is Rajasic, energetic and active), while Mahalakshmi is the sustainer ( sattvic, "goodness") and Mahakali is the destroyer ( tamasic, "darkness"). [66]

Odin, god of wisdom who nevertheless relentlessly keeps searching for more knowledge; associated with the runes Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1978). Vedic Mythology. Motilal Banarsidass (Reprint). ISBN 978-81-208-1113-3. a b c d e Bulfinch, Thomas. (2010). The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes. Neeland Media LLC. ISBN 978-1-59625-257-8. OCLC 1028955021. Oṃ hrīṃ devi prajñā vārdhani ye svāhā In South East Asian Buddhism Statue of Thurathadi at Kyauktawgyi Buddha Temple (Yangon)The U.S Military Medal of Honor for the Army, Navy/Marine Corps, and Coast Guard depicts Minerva in the center of it. The Air Force uses the head of the Statue of Liberty instead. [26] Saraswati is also mentioned in numerous minor Sanskrit sources such as the 8th century CE Sarada Tilaka, which states: Citizen, Erik Sorensen / Special to The. "Wells College to graduate its first males this weekend". Auburn Citizen . Retrieved 2017-03-09. In Buddhism, Saraswati became a prominent deity which retained many of her Vedic associations, such as speech, texts, knowledge, healing and protection. She also became known as the consort of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom ( prajña). According to Miranda Shaw's Buddhist Goddesses of India:

Gonda, Jan. "Section3: Southeast Asia Religions". Handbook of Oriental Studies. Brill Academic. p.45. ISBN 978-9004043305. Minerva is featured on the coinage of different Roman emperors. She often is represented on the reverse side of a coin holding an owl and a spear among her attributes. [22] Worship in Roman Britain [ edit ] Sri Shyamala Dandakam - śrī śyāmalā daṇḍakam". Stotra Nidhi. 24 November 2018 . Retrieved 5 November 2023. Stemming from an Italic moon goddess * Meneswā ('She who measures'), the Etruscans adopted the inherited Old Latin name, * Menerwā, thereby calling her Menrva. It is presumed that her Roman name, Minerva, is based on this Etruscan mythology. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools, justice and commerce. She was the Etruscan counterpart to Greek Athena. Like Athena, Minerva burst from the head of her father, Jupiter (Greek Zeus), who had devoured her mother (Metis) in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent her birth. In 2018, the Haryana government launched and sponsored the annual National Saraswati Mahotsav in its state named after Saraswati. [100] In Indonesia Pura Taman Saraswati, BaliGod (in reference to the entire Triune Godhead) in Christianity is typically considered to be omniscient, or possessing all knowledge. [10]