sarasvati

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The Goddess of learning and music
"she of the stream, of the flowing movement"; [Ved ]: the streaming current and the word of inspiration of the Truth; the goddess of the Word; [Puranas]: the Muse and goddess of wisdom, learning and the arts and crafts
Hindu goddess of learning and the arts
> The Goddess of Learning, Speech, and Music in the Hindu tradition

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Dayananda Sarasvati
orig. Mula Sankara born 1824, Tankara, Gujarat, India died Oct. 30, 1883, Ajmer, Rajputana Hindu ascetic and social reformer. A Brahman, he rejected what he considered idol worship at age 14 after seeing mice swarm over an image of Shiva, attracted by offerings placed before it. His religious quest led him to Yoga, and, to escape an arranged marriage, he joined the ascetic Sarasvati order. He spent 15 years traveling in search of religious truth, and in 1863 he began preaching his vision of reinstating a purified Vedic religion. He debated orthodox Hindu scholars and Christian missionaries and in 1875 founded Arya Samaj. He opposed child marriage and the ban on remarriage by widows, and he opened Vedic study to all castes