[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Vedic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897) › c5.s3.8 # Vedic Mythology c5.s3.8 Vedic Mythology c5.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s3.8) Though there is nothing to show distinctly (cp. 7, 35¹¹) that Sarasvatī is ever anything more, in the RV. than a river goddess, we find her identified in the Brāhmaṇas (ŚB. 3, 9, 17; AB. 3, 1¹⁰), with Vāc, Speech, and in post-Vedic mythology she has become goddess of eloquence and wisdom, invoked as a muse and regarded as the wife of Brahmā⁸. The transition from the older to the later conception is perhaps to be found in passages like VS. 19, 12 quoted above. - [Previous: c5.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s3.7) - [Next: c5.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s3.9) - [Up: c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s3) ## Linked texts (4) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.1) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.19.12) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.7.35.11) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.9) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s3.8) · Pramāṇa