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सरःवती sarasvatī, and H. सरसूती sarsūtī, s.f. The wife of Brahmā, the goddess of speech and eloquence, the patroness of music and the arts, and the inventress of the Sanskrit language and the Devanāgarīcharacter;—the river Sarsūtī(it rises in the mountains bounding the north-east part of the province of Dehlī, and, running in a southwesterly direction, becomes lost in the sands of the great desert; according to the Hindūs, however, the river only disappears in this place, and, continuing its course underground, joins the Ganges and Jamna at the junction at Allahabad);—a river (generally);—speech, eloquence; an excellent woman, an eloquent or an inventive woman; a name of Durgā; a cow.