Goddess Wisdom Made Easy: Connect to the Power of the Sacred Feminine through Ancient Teachings and Practices

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a b c d e f Kinsley, David (1988). Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the divine feminine in the Hindu religious traditions. University of California Press. pp. 55–64. ISBN 0-520063392. www.wisdomlib.org (13 April 2021). "Vaḍavānala Outwitted [Chapter 32]". www.wisdomlib.org . Retrieved 9 August 2022.

Bhattacharyya, Benoytosh (1924). The Indian Buddhist Iconography Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals, p. 151. Oxford University Press. Coeus, Titan of the inquisitive mind, his name meaning "query" or "questioning". He is the grandfather of Apollo. a b Balf, Edward (1885). The Encyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia. p.534 – via Google Books. She was the virgin goddess of music, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, and the crafts. [4] She is often depicted with her sacred creature, an owl usually named the " owl of Minerva", [5] which symbolised her association with wisdom and knowledge as well as, less frequently, the snake and the olive tree. Minerva is commonly depicted as tall with an athletic and muscular build, as well as wearing armour and carrying a spear. As the most important Roman goddess, she is highly revered, honored, and respected. [6] Marcus Terentius Varro considered her to be ideal and the plan for the universe personified. [7] Etymology [ edit ]Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference a b MacRae, Duncan (2016). Legible religion: books, gods, and rituals in Roman culture. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-08871-9. OCLC 974037540. Saraswati remains an important figure in the later medieval Puranic literature, where she appears in various myths and stories. Many Puranas relate the myth of her creation by the creator god Brahma and then describe how she became his consort. Sources which describe this myth include Markandeya Purana, Matsya Purana (which contains the most extensive account), Vayu Purana and Brahmanda Purana. [53] Other Puranas give her slightly different roles and see her as the consort of other gods, such as Vishnu. In various Puranas, rites for her worship are given, and she is mainly worshiped for her command over speech, knowledge, and music. [54] Sarasvati's association with the intellectual sphere assured that she would find favor among Buddhists, who highly value wisdom and its servants: mental clarity, reasoning ability, memorization, and oratorical skill. Sarasvati thus has an affinity with Prajñaparamita, the goddess of perfect wisdom. They may be in voked by the same mantra, reflecting the kinship between the wisdom goddess and the patroness of learning. [108] Swami Vishnu Devananda, Vishnu Devananda (1999). Meditation and Mantras, p. 77. Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Sanskrit English Dictionary. Koeln, Germany: University of Koeln. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. In early texts like the Rigveda, Saraswati was a river goddess and the personification of the Sarasvati river. [80] As a river goddess, she represented fertility and purity. [80] There are three hymns in the Rigveda which are dedicated to the Sarasvati River. [81] A Rigvedic prayer also describes her as 'the best of mothers, of rivers and of goddesses'. [81]Faure, Bernard (2015). Protectors and Predators: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 2. University of Hawaii Press. pp.165-166. ISBN 978-0824857721.

Roy, Christian (2005). Traditional Festivals: A multicultural encyclopedia. Vol.2. ABC-CLIO. pp. 192–193. ISBN 9781576070895. One of the most famous festivals associated with Goddess Saraswati is the Hindu festival of Vasant Panchami. Celebrated on the 5th day in the Hindu calendar month of Magha (month), it is also known as Saraswati Puja and Saraswati Jayanti in India. Tsongkhapa, Je (24 March 2015). Prayer to Sarasvati. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780861717705– via Google Books. While Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and justice, is considered to be the Roman counterpart to the Greek goddess Athena, it is important to note that Minerva’s origins were more Etruscan than Greek. As with many other Roman gods and goddesses, she took on aspects of Athena after the conquest of Greece. She is believed to have first become a significant figure when she was incorporated into the Capitoline Triad, which was probably from Etruscan religion as well. Sri Shyamala Dandakam - śrī śyāmalā daṇḍakam". Stotra Nidhi. 24 November 2018 . Retrieved 5 November 2023.Charles Dillard Collins (1988). The Iconography and Ritual of Siva at Elephanta: On Life, Illumination, and Being. SUNY Press. p.36. ISBN 978-0-88706-773-0. By a process of folk etymology, the Romans could have linked her foreign name to the root men- in Latin words such as mens meaning "mind", perhaps because one of her aspects as goddess pertained to the intellectual. The word mens is built from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- 'mind' (linked with memory as in Greek Mnemosyne/μνημοσύνη and mnestis/μνῆστις: memory, remembrance, recollection, manush in Sanskrit meaning mind). Thoth, originally a moon deity, later became the god of knowledge and wisdom and the scribe of the gods A statue to Minerva was designed by John Charles Felix Rossi to adorn the Town Hall of Liverpool, where it has stood since 1799. It remains extant and was restored as part of the 2014 renovations conducted by the city. [28] [29] Egeria, a water nymph who gives wisdom and prophecy in return for libations of water or milk at her sacred grove

Metis, the Titan associated most closely with wisdom and the mother of Athena, whose name in Ancient Greek described a combination of wisdom and cunning. [12] [13]

According to the Acta Arvalia, a cow was sacrificed to Minerva on October 13 58 AD along with many other sacrifices to celebrate the anniversary of Nero coming to power. On January 3 81 AD, as a part of the New Year vows, two cows were sacrificed to Minerva (among many others) to secure the well-being of the emperor Titus, Domitian Caesar, Julia Augusta, and their children. On January 3 87 AD there is again record of a cow being sacrificed to Minerva among the many sacrifices made as a part of the New Year vows. [18] Suzuki, T. (1907). "The seven gods of bliss". The Open Court. Vol.7, no.2. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. The Minerva Roundabout in Guadalajara, Mexico, located at the crossing of the López Mateos, Vallarta, López Cotilla, Agustín Yáñez, and Golfo de Cortez avenues, features the goddess standing on a pedestal, surrounded by a large fountain, with an inscription that says "Justice, wisdom and strength guard this loyal city". In Hinduism, Saraswati has retained her significance as an important goddess, from the Vedic age up to the present day. [7] She is praised in the Vedas as a water goddess of purification, while in the Dharmashastras, Saraswati is invoked to remind the reader to meditate on virtue, and on the meaning ( artha) of one's actions ( karma). The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra (PDF). BDK English Tripiṭaka Series. Translated by Rolf W. Giebel. Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai; Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. 2005. pp.33, 141.