Sharada

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Sharada is a revered Hindu goddess of learning, wisdom, and the arts, often associated with Saraswati and worshipped as the presiding deity of the Dvaraka Sharada Peetham.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sharada canonical 7
Sharada (in some Kashmiri manuscripts) 1
shasanadevi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess
arts deity
deity of learning
wisdom deity
associatedWith Saraswati
colorAssociatedWith white
deityType goddess of knowledge
goddess of speech
equatedWith Saraswati in some traditions
festivalAssociatedWith Navaratri
Vasant Panchami
hasAttribute eloquence
knowledge
music
poetry
hasDomain arts
learning
wisdom
iconographyFeature four arms
seated on a lotus
languageAssociation Sanskrit
mount swan
partOf Hindu pantheon
religion Hinduism
roleAt presiding deity of Dvaraka Sharada Peetham
presiding deity of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
scriptAssociatedWith Sharada script
scripturalContext revered in Shakta and Smarta traditions
symbol book
rosary
veena
templeAt Dvaraka Sharada Peetham
Sringeri Sharada Peetham
veneratedIn India
Karnataka
Sringeri region
linked to: Shringeri
worshipForm Sharada Devi
Sharadamba
worshippedAs presiding deity of Dvaraka Sharada Peetham
worshippedBy artists
musicians
poets
scholars
students

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharada Devi epithet Sharada
Saraswati otherName Sharada
subject linked to: Saraswati in Hinduism
Aishika Parva originalScript Sharada (in some Kashmiri manuscripts)
linked to: Sharada
Sharada Temple, Sringeri primaryDeity Sharada
subject linked to: Sharada Temple
Sarada alternativeName Sharada
Sharda Peeth namedAfter Sharada
subject linked to: Sharda Peeth (temple ruins)
Chakreshvari typeOf shasanadevi
linked to: Sharada