Devi Sarasvati: in Hindu civilization. Sarasvati on the lip (snout)
of a Varaha monolithic sculpture.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
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Devi Sarasvati: in Hindu civilization. Sarasvati on the lip (snout)
of a Varaha monolithic sculpture. Devi Sarasvati
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Why is Sarasvati shown on the upper lip (snout) of Varaha? Varaha is
the 3rd avatar of Vishnu, rescuing the earth and the Vedas from the
pralayam. Sarasvati on the lip of Varaha is a metaphor for Vaak and
Vedas (Knowledge).
Varaha is Veda purusha, the avatar who ensured the continued
prevalence of the Knowledge embodied in the Vedas.
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Zoom: Sarasvati depicted on the upper lip (snout) of Varaha.
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Site Name: Khajuraho
Monument: Varaha Mandir
Subject of Photo: Varaha
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Locator Info. of Photo: SE of Laksmana temple courtyard
Photo Orientation: overview from SW looking NE
Iconography: Varaha
Dynasty/Period: Candella
Date: ca. latter half of the tenth century CE, 950 CE - 1000 CE
Material: stone
Architecture: structural
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Zoom into Sarasvati image on the upper lip (snout) of Varaha
Along with various divinities, shown on the body of Vi[-][-]u's
Varahavatara, third among incarnations, Sarasvati figures
appropriately on the mouth of Varaha Boar's monolithic image at
Khajuraho (10th cent.)
Contemplating on pan-Indian tendencies of making images of Sarasvati
in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina pantheons, Catherine Ludvik, with
her extensive researches on the theme[*], suggests two possibilities
of Sarasvati's feminine form : 1. the Mahabharata narrative details,
2. Or, the other way around 'the female figure of Sarasvati in the
epic (Mahabharata) might conceivably have been inspired from already
existing, but no longer extant or known to be extant, representations
of her' [Ludvik 107]. Thus the origin of Sarasvati's iconographic
conceptualization goes back to the third century bce. From then on
gradually her human-like representations developed in the three
different religions of the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain. Vedabna[-]
matara[-] pasya matstha[-].
'Behold goddess Sarasvati, the mother of Vedas enshrined in me' says
Naraya[-]a to Narada [Vyasa's Mahabharata, 12 : 326 : 5.]
Sarasvatiha vagbhuta sariram te pravek[-]yati
Sarasvati enters the body as speech - [supra 12 : 306 : 6.]
jihvayam vak Sarasvati
Sarasvati dwells in the tongue [- ibid 12 : 231 : 8.].
devi jihva sarasvati
'goddess Sarasvati is (your) tongue' says Bhi[-]ma, in veneration of
Vi[-][-]u -[supra 6 : 61 : 56.].
parama jinendra-va[-]iye Sarasvati the supreme Lord Jina's preaching
is Sarasvati - [Pampa, Adipura[-]a, 1-16.]. The Mahabharata has
referred to Sarasvati as vac [12 : 306 : 6] and va[-]i [3 : 132 : 2].
Besides, her beautiful form and lovely celestial body is lauded [3 :
184 : 18]. rupa[-] ca te divyam atyanta kantam
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