A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1931

c5.1931

The Mahā-bhārata also calls her “the mother of the Vedas,” and says, “A voice derived from Brahmā entered into the ears of them all; the celestial Saraswatī was then produced from the heavens.” Here and “in the later mythology, Saraswatī was identified with Vāch, and became under different names the spouse of Brahmā and the goddess of wisdom and eloquence, and is invoked as a muse,” generally under the name of Saraswatī, but sometimes as Vāch.