Anahita vs Saraswati

The yazata of the waters, the heavenly river that flows from Mount Hukairya into the sea Vouru-Kasha and feeds every stream on earth, invoked for fertility, safe childbirth, and victory, and honored by Achaemenid and Sasanian kings.

She 'proceeded forth from the Maker Mazda' (Yasht 5.7), who brought her waters down to the earth.

Yasht 5 is Anahita's hymn. Ahura Mazda commands sacrifice to 'this spring of mine', a river as large as all the waters on earth that runs from the height Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-Kasha, and from which all the waters of the seven regions of the world flow. She purifies the seed of males and the wombs of females and brings safe birth and milk. The hymn then catalogs heroes and villains who sacrificed to her, granting the prayers of the righteous and refusing the wicked, and it ends with a vivid description of her as a tall, strong maiden in a golden mantle, with golden earrings, a crown of stars, and robes of beaver skins.

Goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom, and learning. Consort of Brahma. She invented Sanskrit and the Devanagari script. Patron of students, artists, and scholars.

Saraswati emerged from Brahma's mouth or was created by him. She represents the feminine creative power (shakti) of Brahma. Originally also a river goddess, she embodies the flow of knowledge and consciousness.

Saraswati is the goddess of **knowledge**, music, arts, wisdom, and learning. As the consort of **Brahma** the creator, she represents the creative power (*shakti*) that gives form to his thoughts. She is the mother of the Vedas and inventor of the Sanskrit language and Devanagari script.