the Goddess of Learning and Eloquence, consort of Brahma.

the celebrated river in the Punjab region of North-West India, (now not seen, but believed to be flowing underground) on the bank of which the Vedic culture of Sanātana Dharma developed.

a river (in gen.).

name of a particular astral tube, in the body, carrying prāṇa (nerve current).

the power or ability to speak; speech.

a cow.

a virtuous woman.

Durge, the consort of Śiva.

the creeper Sarcostemma acidum ( = S. brevistigma) of Asclepiadaceae family; soma plant.

the plant Ruta Graveolens ( = R. angustifolia) of Rutaceae family; common rue.

the plant Cardiospermum halicacubum of Sapindaceae family; heart vine; baloon vine.

the tree Aegle marmelos of Rutaceae family.

an affix to the names of Sanyāsis belonging to one of the ten orders traced back to Sri Ādi Śankarācārya.

(Buddh.) name of a deity.

(Jain.) one of the orders of Jaina Sanyāsis.

= ಸರಸಗಾತಿ.

of, relating to, endowed by Sarasvati, the Goddess of Learning, Knowledge and Speech.

concerned with knowledge, learning or speech.

the systematised knowledge of a learned person, exhibiting accuracy, critical ability, and thoroughness; erudition; scholarship.

the celebrated river in the Punjab region of North-West India, (now dried completely, but believed to be flowing underground) on the bank of which the Vedic culture of Sanātana Dharma developed; the region on the banks of this river.

a clan of brāhmaṇa originally belonged to this region, now settled in the coastal districts of Karnāṭaka.

a scholarly work (as of a scholar, researcher, etc.).

a learned person; a scholar.

any vernacular dialect cognate with Samskřta (any of the four main dialects viz. Śaurasēni, Mahāraṣṭri, Apabhramśa and Paiśaci).

(jain.) a class of jaina gods.

a god of this class.