{{Short description|Hindu mantra}} thumb|Statue of Saraswati in the Indian Museum, Kolkata The '''Saraswati Vandana''' ({{Langx|sa|सरस्वती वन्दना|translit=Sarasvatī Vandanā}}) is a Hindu mantra. It is addressed to the goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning.<ref name=Kinsley1988>{{cite book |first=David |last=Kinsley |year=1988 |title=Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the divine feminine in the Hindu religious traditions |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=0-520063392 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/hindugoddessesvi0000kins/page/55 55–64] |url=https://archive.org/details/hindugoddessesvi0000kins/page/55 }}</ref><ref name="BandyopadhyayKamal2014">{{cite book|author1=Bijnan Bandyopadhyay|author2=Shyam Kamal|title=Stabilization and Control of Fractional Order Systems: A Sliding Mode Approach|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GtgkBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR6|date=22 July 2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-08621-7|pages=6–}}</ref> {{Hindu scriptures and texts}}
== Hymn == The hymn comprises the following four verses:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shivakumar |first=K. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BgAUEAAAQBAJ&dq=saraswati+vandana&pg=PA8 |title=Shlokas and Bhajans: with general knowledge and subhashitams |date=2021-01-14 |publisher=Sangeet Bharati |pages=9 |language=en}}</ref> {{Poem quote |text= या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना । या ब्रह्माच्युत शंकरप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा पूजिता सा मां पातु सरस्वति भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा ॥ }} {{Poem quote |text= yā kundendutuṣārahāradhavalā yā śubhravastrāvṛtā yā vīṇāvaradaṇḍamaṇḍitakarā yā śvetapadmāsanā । yā brahmācyuta śaṃkaraprabhṛtibhirdevaiḥ sadā pūjitā sā māṃ pātu sarasvati bhagavatī niḥśeṣajāḍyāpahā ॥ }} {{Poem quote |text= (Salutations to Saraswati) Who is pure white like the jasmine, with the coolness of the moon, the brightness of the snow, and a sheen like the garland of pearls; Who is covered with pure white garments, whose hands are adorned with the veena (a stringed musical instrument) and the boon-giving staff; And who is seated on a pure white lotus, who is always adored by Brahma, Achyuta (Vishnu), Shankara (Shiva), and the other deities, O goddess Saraswati, please protect me and dispel all my ignorance. }}
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