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| | MANTRA ON NET: Saraswati- Text & Images |
 | | Saraswati is also often said to have her origin in and to reside in the mouths or on the tongues of the god Brahma (Brahma has four or five heads) That is, when Brahma undertakes the creation of the world through creative speech, the goddess Saraswati is born in his mouths. | | | Saraswati is also said to have had her origin from the god Vishnu. | | | Saraswati's iconography illustrates her associations with culture, particularly the arts and sciences, and shows her to be a goddess who is for the most part set apart from the natural realm of growth, fertility, blood, and other phenomena often associated with or central in the iconography and mythology of other goddesses. |
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| | Indian History (2) |
| | The river Saraswati, Harahwati of Avesta, is regarded as the most central and is intimately mentioned in the RgVed, and even a cursory examination of the text suggests that the Vedics lived on the banks of the "great goddess stream". | | | A lot of hyms in the Vedas indicate that the composers of the Vedic literature were quite familiar with the Saraswati river, and were inspired by its beauty and its vasteness that they composed several hymns in her praise and glorification. | | | Vedic wisdom is encapsulated in myriad hymns, and 27 women-seers emerge from them. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Vedic Saraswati River |
| | There is also a present-day Saraswati River in India which appears to be one of the branches of the ancient river. | | | The identification of the 'original' Saraswati river has become embroiled in debates about the age of the Vedas and of the relation between Aryan culture and the Indus Valley civilization (IVC). | | | Sarasvati was the biggest and most important of the seven holy rivers of the Rig Veda.In the Rig Veda the Sarasvati River is mentionned fifty times (e.g. |
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| | Saraswati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Tibetan Buddhist diety Yeshey Tsogyel is sometimes considered a manifestation of Saraswati. | | | the river which once shared her name no longer exists, but where the banks of these rivers are believed to have once been, the earliest writing in India has been found. | | | On special days in the Hindu calendar special pujas are arranged for, and she is present in representation in many educational centers. |
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| | Recent Research on the Sarasvati River |
| | He announced that the work regarding tracing the course of Saraswati river would be started shortly in two phases, first from Adi Badri to Bhagwanpura and in Kurukshetra district and second from Bhagawanpur to Sirsa. | | | The river, the Minister explained, was mentioned along with other rivers, and if these rivers had existed, it was not correct to assume that the Sarasvati had not existed. | | | Vast and awesome, the Saraswati's holy waters are supposed to have flowed from the Himalayas into the sea, nourishing the land along the way. |
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http://www.stephen-knapp.com/recent_research_on_the_sarasvati_river.htm
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| | The Rg-Veda in Afghanistan? A review of Rajesh Kochhar: The Vedic People |
| | Thus, in the famous River Hymn (RV 10:75), the rivers are enumerated from east to west, with the Saraswati coming after the Ganga and Yamuna and before the eastern tributaries of the Indus: here, like in the whole post-Rg-Vedic Sanskrit literature, the term "Saraswati" unmistakably refers to the Ghaggar/Hakra. | | | The identification of the Vedic Saraswati is a matter of great consequence for Indian history: "From the late-Harappan evidence it is clear that the Ghaggar could have been a mighty river only before 1700 BC. | | | The Persian word Hindu for "Indian" confirms that, contrary to Kochhar's claim, Hindu/Sindhu was their name for the Indus river and not merely a generic term for "river". |
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| | Vedic Sarasvati: Evolutionary History of a Lost River of Northwestern India, 1999, eds |
| | Bharadwaj argues that the Sarasvati refers to the river rising in Sirmur and joining Ghaggar, also called Hakra and identifies Kalibangan as Vinasana, the place of its disappearance. | | | The memoir also includes a number of ancient texts and classical writings to the Sarasvati River which convincingly establish a chronology of events related to the history of Bharat during the past ten thousand years from a perspective of earth sciences. | | | In summary, the Vedic Sarasvati, is a remarkable initiative of the scientific community to participate in the developmental efforts of the Sarasvati River Basin and to work in collaboration with indologists and historians to trace the heritage of the ancient civilization that is Bharat. |
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| | saraswati.htm |
| | While the river may have disappeared Saraswati continues as a Goddess who inspires and kindles the sparks of wisdom. | | | Saraswati is the first river who was granted status as a Vedic Goddess. | | | Saraswati is seen in places of learning, where the thirst for knowledge overrides other desires. |
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| | "Letter: on Revising the History of Vedic Civilization" by Rithvik. S. Vinekar |
| | The historicity of Vedic religion and its scriptures was once dismissed, in part because it praised very highly the supposedly mythical Saraswati River. | | | Although this date may seem irrational from the viewpoint of accepted academic history, more and more archeological evidence from the Indus-Saraswati Valley civilization, geological evidence of the existence and fate of the Saraswati River, and astronomical dating of events recorded in the Vedas, show the antiquity of this ancient civilization. | | | The Indus-Saraswati Valley civilization is now found to be a collection of nearly 2,500 settlements of various periods along the Saraswati and other rivers, some of which date earlier than 6000 bc. |
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| | Saraswati - The ancient holy river of Haryana - Kunal - Ghaggar - Vedic - India |
| | Rig Veda hymns also describe life and times of the people residing in the Saraswati river valley. | | | Rig Veda, the most ancient of the four Vedas, describes Saraswati as a mighty river with many individually recognized tributaries. | | | It has been established that the river Saraswati, carrying the waters of three perennial and numerous seasonal rivers, was a mighty river in the Vedic times. |
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| | SARASWATI CIVILIZATION |
| | Thus we should focus first on reading the teachings of our scriptures and involve in debates surrounding the Saraswati river later. | | | Saraswati civilisation By Bharat Jhunjhunwala The Pioneer Monday, October 13, 2003 The Government of India is taking up a project to excavate a large number of sites along the "lost" Saraswati river. | | | The origin of the Vedic civilisation might be settled by excavating the sites along the Saraswati river. |
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| | The Saraswati - Where lies the mystery |
| | A part of the river Saraswati till now exists as Ghaggar in Haryana, the rest of it has disappeared in the fringes of the Marusthali or the Thar Desert. | | | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai has made a breakthrough in its research for the existence and probable location of the mythical Saraswati river. | | | It is found that the course of the river Saraswati in the states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan is clearly highlighted in the LANDSAT imagery by the vegetation cover thriving on the rich residual loamy soil along its earlier course. |
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| | Sarasvati River |
| | Saraswati was a mighty river with three sources in the Himalayas. | | | Saraswati had such an impact on the lives, even after her disappearence, that many rivers were later renamed after her. | | | Another river born in the Himalayas, (one of the sources of Vedic Saraswati) but flowing down in Assam is also called Saraswati. |
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| | AIS - Sarasvati-Sindhu |
| | Bakliwal et al (1988) have explained that these well sprung-up paleochannels are traces of the mighty Saraswati river which once ruled the desert. | | | The migration of river Saraswati seems to be caused by tectonic disturbances in Hardwar-Delhi ridge zone, Luni-Surki lineament, Cambay Graben and Kutch fault facilitated by contrasting climatic variations. | | | The Saraswati river, which is believed to be lost in the desert, could be traced through these palaeochannels as a migratory river. |
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| | BBC NEWS World South Asia Fossil hints at India's mythical river |
| | They said the discovery also lent credence to popular belief that a mighty river, named in the ancient Hindu Vedic texts as Saraswati, flowed through the region thousands of years ago. | | | "It proves again that there were once rivers like Saraswati and civilisations were flourishing at their banks," Professor Paliwal said. | | | Many Hindus flock to the holy site of the Saraswati |
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| | Resources: Vedas |
| | Definitive work on Sarasvati river from a scientific and geological angle, proving beyond doubt the Vedic nature, antiquity and scope of this vast ancient water system. | | | One of the most important Vedic revival movements in the field of the Hindu religion. | | | Courses and consultations in Ayurveda, Yoga, Vedic Astrology and Vedic Knowledge. |
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| | outlookindia.com wired |
| | Scientists have discovered fossil remains of an elephant in the most unlikely place - the Thar desert - lending credence to the theory that mighty Vedic Saraswati river flowed here thousands of years ago. | | | Saying that the first and unique discovery of fossils of an elephant is quite significant, Paliwal said it strengthens the theory that Vedic Saraswati river once flowed through the present Thar desert along the banks of which Vedic civilisation flourished. | | | Gypsum denotes an arid climate and the findings indicates that prior to the arid phase the area was occupied by mighty rivers and sweet water lakes with thick forests to feed animal like elephants, he added. |
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| | Save Adi Ganga - the Heritage River |
| | The present course of Hugli river was then a part of now defunct Saraswati river (not the vedic one). | | | People still revere it as the original river. | | | The lower tract of Saraswati was connected (or probably re excavated) with Ganga near Calcutta nearly three centuries ago, to ease the upstream journey of the European merchant ships. |
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| | The Vedic Age |
| | Gold was smelted from the ore, which seems to have originated from the beds of the rivers Saraswati (a large river during this period, now dried up), and Sindhu (now the Indus). | | | The Rig Vedas not only refer to the Saraswati as Hiranyavartani, or the path of gold (and the Sindhu as Hiranmayi or made of gold), it also makes a direct reference to panned-gold from the Saraswati river bed. | | | The primary sources of knowledge about the Vedic Age are the Vedas themselves -- especially the Rig Veda (aka Rg Veda). |
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| | The Rediff On The NeT Special: Indian history revisited |
| | It argues further that the movement of populations away from the Saraswati to the Ganges, after the Saraswati dried up (c 1900 BCE), was reflected in the literature with Vedic Saraswati based literature giving way to Puranic texts extolling the Ganga. | | | It proposes that the great Harappan or Indus Valley urban culture (2600-1900 BCE), centred on the Saraswati river of Vedic fame, had much in common with Vedic literary accounts. | | | Assumptions that blondism, blue-grey eyes and light skin pigmentation are physical hallmarks of either ancient Aryans or of members of brahmin and other social groups in modern south Asia, find their origins in the improper marriage of excerpts from Vedic texts with nineteenth century Germanic nationalistic writings." |
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| | RSB Net - Home of Rajapur Saraswath Brahmins |
| | Though Saraswati River is invisible today, there are mentions of this sacred river in Rigveda, Mahabharta and other books. | | | Early Vedic history refers to sage Saraswath, Saraswati River and goddess Saraswati. | | | Some scholars also think that Indus Valley Civilization could have been on the banks of river Saraswati and river Indus. |
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| | Indian Mythology - Hindu Mythology Articles, Facts @ Indian Divinity.com >> SARASWATI |
| | In the Vedas Saraswati is primarily a river but in the hymns she is celebrated both as a river and a deity. | | | Muir attempts to explain the acquisition of this character by Saraswati in these words, "When once the river Saraswati had acquired the divine character, it was but natural that this river should be regarded as the protector and patron of the rituals and ceremonies accompanied by hymns performed at her banks. | | | As a river Saraswati is lauded for the fertilizing and purifying powers of her waters and as the giver of fertility and wealth. |
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| | Sarasvati River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | There is also a small present-day Saraswati River that joins the Ghaggar river and appears to be one of the branches of the ancient river. | | | That is why when Balaram, elder brother of Krishna, decided to remain neutral and refused to participate in the war, took a journey along the banks of Saraswati and visited a number of holy places during the wartime. | | | According to George Erdosy (1989) and other scholars, "it would be just as plausible to assume that Saraswati was a Sanskrit term indigenous to India and was later imported by the speakers of Avestan into Iran. |
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| | India: Rebirth of Saraswati, Aug 18, 2002 The Week |
| | In the Rig Veda, the Saraswati appears as a goddess of ritual and speech; as a river goddess; as a river. | | | The Saraswati deity as we know her today, took form and was imaged in the age of the Puranas and almost all Indian religions remain emotionally attached to the deity. | | | The Koothanur temple of Saraswati in Tamil Nadu is an exception: we see her seated on a lotus, holding a garland of beads, a kamandala and a book in her three hands while the fourth is in chinmudra. |
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| | Saraswati was a mighty river with three sources in the Himalayas. | | | It is clear from the vedic texts, that the Rigvedic people lived on the banks of a river called the Saraswati. | | | Saraswati had such an impact on the lives, even after her disappearence, that many rivers were later renamed after her. |
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| | Saraswati – the ancient river lost in the desert |
| | Mainly, Indus and Saraswati, were the two major river systems of northwestern India during the Vedic period but the network of their tributaries, some of which are known to have deviated from their initial course or become non-existent today, have given scope for grouping these rivers into convenient classifications. | | | Bulk of earlier studies on Saraswati pertain more to the civilizations that flourished along its banks and many of the reasons attributed for the decline of this river were speculative. | | | Mahabharata about Saraswati disappearing in the sands at Vinäsana and not in the sea; but at the same time, there is also reference in some of these ancient texts about a narrow sea, possibly a creek, coming right upto Bikaner, but which disappeared during the Vedic times |
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| | Saraswati |
| | Saraswati means 'the one that flows' and is the name of a Vedic river that once flowed, but has vanished. | | | In Buddhism, as well as being a yidam or inspirational deity Saraswati is sometimes considered the consort of Manjushri, the knowledge bodhisattva. | | | In Tibetan, Saraswati is Yang Chenmo, or when her musical aspect is emphasized, she is Piwa Karpo. |
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| | Saraswati River Yoga |
| | All classes at Saraswati River Yoga Center are based on the ancient teachings of Yoga. | | | " I commute from NYC to participate in Saraswati River Yoga programs because they are EXTRAORDINARY. | | | Founder and Director, Kirin Mishra, was born into a lineage of yogis from India and from an early age practiced meditation and pranayama. |
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| | Recent Research on the Sarasvati River |
| | The modern search for the Saraswati was first sparked by an English engineer called CF Oldham in 1893 when he was riding his horse along the dry bed of a seasonal Rajasthani river called the Ghaggar. | | | Vast and awesome, the Saraswati's holy waters are supposed to have flowed from the Himalayas into the sea, nourishing the land along the way. | | | For most of the country, the name Saraswati is better known for its divine namesake - the goddess Saraswati, Hindu goddess of Learning. |
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