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" When once the river had acquired a divine character, it was quite natural that she should be regarded as the patroness of the ceremonies which were celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential... "
A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history ... - Page 284
by John Dowson - 1879
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Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India ...

Brahmanism - 1870 - 556 pages
...them all. celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...identifying her with Vach, the goddess of speech. At least, I have no other explanation to offer of this doable character and identification. SarasvatI...
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A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy ...

John Garrett - Hinduism - 1871 - 978 pages
...which were celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...identifying her with Vach, the goddess of speech. At least, I have no other explanation to offer of this double character and identification. Sarasvati...
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A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy ...

John Garrett - Hinduism - 1871 - 814 pages
...which were celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...part of the proceedings, and of identifying her with Vdeh, the goddess of speech. At least, I have no other explanation to offer of this double character...
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A classical dictionary of India illustrative of the mythology, philosophy ...

John Garrett (director of public instruction in Mysore.) - 1871 - 814 pages
...which were celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...composition of the hymns which formed so important a of the proceedings, and of identifying her with Vdch, the goddess of speech. At least, I have no other...
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A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy ...

John Garrett - Hinduism - 1871 - 980 pages
...which were celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...brought with sacred rites may have led to the further stop of imagining her to have an influence on, the composition of the hymns which formed so important...
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Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and Progress of the Religion ..., Volume 5

John Muir - Brahmanism - 1872 - 532 pages
...them all. celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...identifying her with Vach, the goddess of speech. At least, I have no other explanation to offer of this double character and identification. Sarasvatl...
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Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India ...

John Muir - Brahmanism - 1872 - 520 pages
...^ .} b 1 celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...part of the proceedings, and of identifying her with Yach, the goddess of speech. At least, I have no other explanation to offer of this double character...
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The oriental studies

John Muir - Indic literature - 1878 - 230 pages
...which were celebrated on the margin of her holy waters, and that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...into which she was thus brought with sacred rites seems to have led to the further step of imagining her to have an influence on the composition of the...
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Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic

William Joseph Wilkins - Gods, Hindu - 1882 - 438 pages
...and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and success. The connexion into which she was thus brought with sacred rites...identifying her with Vach, the goddess of speech. At least I have no other explanation to offer to this double character and identification.* " Sarasvati...
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The Hymns of the Ṛgveda

Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, Jagdish Lal Shastri - Mantras - 1973 - 738 pages
...which were ccieurated on the margin ul her holy \\aters, aud that her direction and blessing should be invoked as essential to their proper performance and...part of the proceedings, and of identifying her with Vac, the goddess of speech.' — J. Muir, U. í>. Ttxtì, V. 33¡i. i- 'Sâyana explains : "the Sarasvati...
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