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I was in a museum today that explained a lot about Hindu gods and goddesses. I came across Sarasvati, who is one of the goddesses. She's the goddess of speech and learning, and (according to mythology) created the Sanskrit language. Most other goddesses symbolised fertility and wealth, among other things, but she is associated with art, music, and science (as well as language). As a total Linguistics nerd (with science on the side) I found the associations pretty awesome and the name's growing on me, possibly nn Sara (SAH-ra).

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I've just found it in the database but as Saraswati. The notation on the Wikipedia page for the goddess suggests pronunciation is VAH-ti. Anyone here who can verify either way? I don't like Saraswati nearly as much.

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Anyway, WDYT? Too religious? Could a white atheist get away with using it? (hypothetically as of now!)

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