Kurt Friedrichs, Stephan Schuhmacher e Gert Woerner, Sarasvatī, in The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen, Boston, Shambala, 1994, p. 306, ISBN 0-87773-980-3.
«The goddess of ... scholarship ... She is also the patron of the arts, especially of music.»