Saraswati, known by various epithets, embodies the essence of wisdom and artistic expression. Synonyms like Brahmani, Brahmi, and Bharadi highlight her diverse roles, from the power of Brahma to the goddess of sciences and history. Vani and Vachi celebrate her association with music and eloquent speech, while Varnesvari denotes her as the goddess of letters. Kavijihvagravasini signifies her presence on the tongues of poets.
The goddess is also revered as Vidyadatri, the bestower of knowledge, and Veenavadini, the player of the Veena. Pustakadharini, Veenapani, Hamsavahini, and Vagdevi showcase her attributes as the carrier of books, veena, swan, and the goddess of speech, respectively.
Numerous other names like Ambika, Bharati, Devi, Gomati, and Vidya capture different facets of her divine persona. In Telugu, Saraswati is known as Chaduvula Thalli and Shārada, while in Konkani, she is referred to as Shārada, Veenapani, Pustakadhārini, and Vidyadāyini.
Her presence extends to Kannada, where she is revered as Sharade, Sharadamba, Vāni, and Veenapani. In Tamil, she is hailed as Kalaimagal, Nāmagal, Kalaivāni, and Bharathi. The Tiruvalluva Maalai adds to her titles, depicting her as Nāmagal, a contributor to the Tamil literary work, the Kural.
Saraswati is also acknowledged as Sāradā, Shāradā, Veenā-pustaka-dhārini, Vāgdevi, Vāgishvari, Vāni, Varadhanāyaki, Sāvitri, and Gāyatri, each name reflecting an aspect of her divine attributes.
Across various regions in India, her name is spelled differently, such as সৰস্বতী in Assamese, সরস্বতী in Bengali, സരസ്വതി in Malayalam, சரஸ்வதி in Tamil, and ସରସ୍ଵତୀ in Odia.
Beyond the borders of Nepal and India, she is recognized as Thurathadi in Burmese, Tipitaka Medaw in Burmese, Biàncáitiān in Chinese, Benzaiten in Japanese, and Suratsawadi or Saratsawadi in Thai.