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Sarasvata

Also called: Saraswata

The son of the sage Dadhicha, carried and brought up by the river Sarasvati. During a twelve-year drought the river fed him with fish, and he alone kept the Vedas; afterwards sixty thousand sages became his pupils though he was a boy (Mahabharata, Shalya Parva 51).

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer; The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha, tr. E. B. Cowell (Sacred Books of the East 49, 1894) · see Sarasvata's web

Relations 3

Sarasvata child of

Dadhichi (Sage) · Sarasvata keeps the Vedas through the drought
Dadhicha is the father of Sarasvata.
Saraswati (Consort) · Sarasvata keeps the Vedas through the drought
The river carries, bears and raises the boy, who is named after her.

Sarasvata blessed by

Dadhichi (Sage) · Sarasvata keeps the Vedas through the drought
Dadhicha foretells that his son will teach the Vedas in the drought.

Stories 1

Sarasvata keeps the Vedas through the drought
From the epics · as the boy teacher · 2 tellings

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § shalya.51 Primary text (translation)
The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha, tr. E. B. Cowell (Sacred Books of the East 49, 1894) § 1.47 Primary text (translation)