Sarasvati

Sarasvati is a demon in the series.
==History==
Sarasvati, also known as Saraswati, is the goddess of knowledge, music and the arts in Hindu mythology. She has been identified with the Vedic Sarasvati River. She is considered as consort of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. Thus, with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati, she forms the Tridevi, who are consorts of the male trinity, the Trimurti, consisting of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, respectively. Sarasvati's children are the Vedas, which are the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.
She is known in East Asia as Benzaiten or Biancaitian , one of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japanese regional belief.
==Appearances==
*Shin Megami Tensei: Megami Race
*Shin Megami Tensei II: Megami Race
*Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Megami Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Goddess Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Nymph Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IV: Nymph Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse: Nymph Race
*Shin Megami Tensei V: Megami Race
*Majin Tensei: Megami Race
*Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis: Megami Race
*Persona 2: Innocent Sin: Suit of Coins
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: Pentacle Arcana
*Persona 3 / FES / Portable / Reload: Priestess Arcana
**Persona 3 The Movie: Priestess Arcana
*Persona 4 / Golden: Priestess Arcana
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Star Arcana
*Persona 5 / Royal: Priestess Arcana
*Persona 5 Strikers: Priestess Arcana
*Persona 5: The Phantom X
*Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Priestess Arcana
*Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner: Megami Race
*Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner: Deity Class
*Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2: Deity Class
*Devil Survivor / Overclocked: Megami Race
*Devil Survivor 2 / Record Breaker: Megami Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2: Megami Race
==Profile==
===Shin Megami Tensei===
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
Sarasvati appears as a regular field boss on Suginami field. She later acts as a boss of the hack dungeon in Ichigaya.
===Shin Megami Tensei IV===
Sarasvati can be found in Camp Ichigaya. She can teach Flynn the Bufudyne, Rakunda and Mabufudyne skills through her Demon Whisper.
===Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse===
Sarasvati can be found in Minami Sunamachi. She can teach Nanashi the Bufudyne, Rakunda and Mabufula skills through her Demon Whisper. Sarasvati benefits from learning Ice and support skills.
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
Sarasvati is a demon of the Megami race and can be obtained through fusion. Sarasvati can be fought as an enemy occupying an Abscess in Akihabara, alongside Silky and Kushinada-Hime.
===Persona 3===
====The Movie====
Sarasvati was used by Makoto to cast an Ice spell on the Arcana Emperor and Arcana Empress. He obtained her after the Arcana Priestess was defeated.
====Reload====
Sarasvati is a Persona of the Priestess Arcana. She is needed for the fuion of Parvati.
===Persona 5===
Sarasvati is the seventh Persona of the Priestess Arcana and can be found as a Shadow in Shido's Palace and in the Sheriruth area of Mementos, with the title "Strumming Veena Player." She is one of only four Personas available to the protagonist to learn the Me Patra skill and one of three to learn the Null Sleep skill. When itemized in the Velvet Room using Electric Chair execution, Sarasvati will yield a Mediarama skill card.
====Royal====
Sarasvati cannot learn Me Patra or Null Sleep via level up anymore, she now learns Ice Wall and Psy Wall in their place. When itemized during a fusion alarm, Sarasvati will yield a Diarahan Skill Card.
===Devil Survivor 2===
In the animation, Otome has Sarasvati as her main demon. Sarasvati is summoned to fight against Phecda, and briefly manages to significantly damage the complete entity with her Drain attack before it separates. The separate halves of Phecda then destroy her, Hibiki's Suzaku and Io's Kikuri-Hime in a single blast of its combined laser.
Sarasvati later briefly appears fighting against a Megrez bud, again using Drain to attack it. However, this did not seem to impede Megrez's progress.
===Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2===
==Stats==
===Shin Megami Tensei===
===Shin Megami Tensei II===
===Shin Megami Tensei NINE===
===Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne===
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey===
===Shin Megami Tensei IV===
===Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse===
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
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===Majin Tensei===
===Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis===
===Persona 2: Innocent Sin===
===Persona 2: Eternal Punishment===
===Persona 3===
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===Persona 4===
===Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth===
===Persona 5 / Royal===
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===Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth===
===Persona 5 Strikers===
===Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner===
===Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2===
===Devil Survivor===
===Devil Survivor 2===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2===
==Gallery==
Sarasvati.jpg|Sarasvati artwork for Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Concept anime artwork of Sarasvati in P3M.jpg|Concept movie artwork of Sarasvati in Persona 3 The Movie
devil sarasvati.png|Saravati in Devil Survivor 2 The Animation
sarasvati model.png|Sarasvati as she appears in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Sarasvati Card.GIF|Sarasvati as she appears in Card Summoner
SARASVATI.png|Saravasti as she appears in Devil Survivor
Devil Survivor 2 (USA)_34_17684.png|Sarasvati as she appears in Devil Survivor 2
Sarasvati appears in P3M.jpg|Sarasvati as she appears in Persona 3 The Movie
Sarasvati Manga.jpg|Sarasvati as she appears in the Devil Survivor manga
Sarasvati appears in Devil Survivor 2 The Animation.jpg|Sarasvati as she appears in Devil Survivor 2 The Animation
Sarasvati_P5R.jpg|Sarasvati in Persona 5 Royal
Sarasvati (P O.A.).png|Sarasvati in Persona O.A.
サラスヴァティ - 真・女神転生V 日めくり悪魔 Vol.142|Sarasvati in SMTV Daily Demon #142
==In Other Languages==
Language	Name
Japanese	サラスヴァティ (Sarasuvati)
French 	Sarasvati
Italian 	Sarasvati
German 	Sarasvati
Spanish 	Sarasvati
Category:Hindu Mythology
Category:Card Summoner Demons
Category:Persona 3 The Movie Characters
Category:Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Demons
Category:Neutral Demons in Shin Megami Tensei V
Category:Persona 5: The Phantom X Personas