Happy Vasant Panchmi!
Goddess Saraswati is
often depicted as a beautiful woman dressed in pure white often seated on a
white lotus, which symbolizes that she is founded in the experience of the
absolute truth. She is mainly associated with the color white, which signifies
the purity of true knowledge. Her four arms represent the 4 Vedas and also four
aspects of human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness and ego.
She holds a book in her book - representing Vedas meaning knowledge; a maaala representing
the power of meditation; a pot of sacred water representing creative powers; a
veena representing perfection of all arts and sciences. A hansa or swan is
often located next to her feet which if offered a mixture of milk and water is
said to be able to drink the milk alone - thus symbolizes discrimination
between the good and the bad or the eternal and the evanescent. The peacock
represents arrogance and pride over its beauty and by having a peacock as her
mount, the Goddess teaches not to be concerned with external appearance and to
be wise regarding the eternal truth.
Symbolism of Ma Saraswati taken from my blog post: http://rahulbemba.blogspot.in/2010/05/brahma-saraswati-and-symbolism.html
1 comment:
आज के दिन हम माँ सरस्वती के रूप में ज्ञान, संगीत, कला और विज्ञान की पूजा करते हैं.
मेरी ओर से आप सभी को बसंत पंचमी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं!
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