Seeking information about "Sarasvati vandana"

[Madhav Deshpande]

Here is the text of the verse you requested:

yaa kundendutu.saarahaaradhavalaa yaa zubhravastraav.rtaa
yaa vii.naavarada.n.dama.n.ditakaraa yaa zvetapadmaasanaa /
yaa brahmaacyutazankaraprabh.rtibhir devais sadaa vanditaa
saa maam paatu sarasvatii bhagavatii ni.hze.sajaa.dyaapahaa //

Best,
                                Madhav Deshpande

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Narayan S. Raja wrote:

> I have been trying to find the exact words of
> the well-known "Sarasvati vandana" which begins:
>
>   yA kundEndu tushAra hAra dhavaLA
>   yA shubhra vastrA vrtA
>
>
> I searched the web and Usenet and found two
> different versions, neither of them convincingly
> authoritative.
>
> If anyone here knows the exact words, could they
> please post it?  A translation would also be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Also, what is the origin of the "Sarasvati vandana",
> i.e., who composed it or which text does it come from?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Raja.
>