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

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Thoth, originally a moon deity, later became the god of knowledge and wisdom and the scribe of the gods

Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao (1990). The Tāntric Practices in Śrī-Vidyā: With Śrī Śāradā-chatuśśatī, p. 205. Kalpataru Research Academy. McFarland, George (1944). Thai-English Dictionary. Stanford University Press. p.790. ISBN 9780804703833– via Google Books. In Buddhism, Saraswati became a prominent deity which retained many of her Vedic associations, such as speech, texts, knowledge, healing and protection. She also became known as the consort of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom ( prajña). According to Miranda Shaw's Buddhist Goddesses of India: Other names include: [17] Ambika, Bharati, Chandrika, Devi, Gomati, Hamsasana, Saudamini, Shvetambara, Subhadra, Vaishnavi, Vasudha, Vidya, Vidyarupa, and Vindhyavasini.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. Sharma, Bulbul (June 2010). The Book of Devi. Penguin Books India. pp.67–71. ISBN 978-0-14-306766-5. As part of the Apas (water deities), Saraswati is associated with wealth, abundance, health, purity and healing. [25] In Book 10 (10.17) of the Rigveda, Saraswati is celebrated as a deity of healing and purifying water. [26] In the Atharva Veda, her role as a healer and giver of life is also emphasized. [27] In various sources, including the Yajur Veda, she is described as having healed Indra after he drank too much Soma. [28] Swami Vishnu Devananda, Vishnu Devananda (1999). Meditation and Mantras, p. 77. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. Stemming from an Italic moon goddess * Meneswā ('She who measures'), the Etruscans adopted the inherited Old Latin name, * Menerwā, thereby calling her Menrva. It is presumed that her Roman name, Minerva, is based on this Etruscan mythology. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools, justice and commerce. She was the Etruscan counterpart to Greek Athena. Like Athena, Minerva burst from the head of her father, Jupiter (Greek Zeus), who had devoured her mother (Metis) in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent her birth.

a b Wolters, O.W. (1989). History, Culture, and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives. pp.87–89. ISBN 978-9971902421. Oṃ hrīṃ devi prajñā vārdhani ye svāhā In South East Asian Buddhism Statue of Thurathadi at Kyauktawgyi Buddha Temple (Yangon) 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.

a b c Kinsley, David (1988). Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the divine feminine in the Hindu religious traditions. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-06339-2. Candau, Francisco J. Cevallos (1994). Coded Encounters: Writing, Gender, and Ethnicity in Colonial Latin America. University of Massachusetts Press. p.215. ISBN 0-87023-886-8. The Saraswati Day festival has a long history in Bali. [106] It has become more widespread in Hindu community of Indonesia in recent decades, and it is celebrated with theatre and dance performance. [104] Southeast asia In various Indian tantric sadhanas to Saraswati (which only survive in Tibetan translation), her bija (seed) mantra is Hrīḥ. [136] Nepalese Buddhism