1. Sarasvati - Noun
2. Sarasvati - Proper noun
Hindu goddess of learning and the arts
Source: WordNetThe Hindu mind works in such a way that continuity of worship is more important than physical fact. When the Harappans migrated eastward towards the Gangetic region, they carried with them their memories of the Sarasvati. The myths and sanctity were transferred to Prayag. Michel Danino
According to this reference, 44 asvins may be over 2600 km In the Latyayana Srautasutra (10.15-19) the Sarasvati seems to be a perennial river up to the Vinasana, which is west of its confluence with the Drshadvati (Chautang). Source: Internet
Eck p. 145 Scientists, geologists as well as scholars have identified the Sarasvati with many present-day or now defunct rivers. Source: Internet
Ganga and Sarasvati, however, are so distraught at this dispensation, and wail so loudly, that Vishnu is forced to take back his words. Source: Internet
Ashoke Mukherjee (2001) is critical of the attempts to identify the Rigvedic Sarasvati. Source: Internet
Clift et al., 2011, U-Pb zircon dating evidence for a Pleistocene Sarasvati River and capture of the Yamuna River, Geology, 40, 211–214 (2011). Source: Internet