The wife of _Brahma_ is _Sarasvadi_, the goddess of grammar, poetry and music. In the book _Amarasinha_ she is called _Brahmi_, the goddess of the sciences; _Bhàradì_, the goddess of history; for the old Indian history is called _Bhàrada_, or _Mahabhàrada_, after the name of king _Bharaden_, or _Bharada_, from whom the Indians deduce a genealogical catalogue of their oldest kings, which is, however, fabulous. This goddess, who is distinguished by a great many other names, signifies, without doubt, the earth, as _Vishnu_ is the symbol of water. She presides over gold and silver, trees, fruit, rice-fields, plants, cattle, and particularly fire, which she restrains both in habitations and in the fields. She is represented, in general, as sitting on a leaf of the _nymphæa_; suckling a child at her breast, or pouring from a bag the productions of the earth. Her symbol is the cow. The wife of _Mahadèva_, _Shiva_, or _Rudra_, is the goddess _Parvadi_, that is, the ruler of the mountains. She is called also _Ishàni_, the woman; _Gaurì_, the yellow, shining; _Gauri_, the white; _Haimavadì_, the ruler of every thing that is moist and cold; _Rudràni_, the goddess who is the cause that women in labour cry, and that men are afflicted with fevers, the small pox, the plague, and other diseases; _Sarmangala_, the goddess of pleasure, of joy, who promotes the growth and increase of all earthly things. She was destined to be the wife of _Shiva_, that is, the sun, because the moon receives her light from the latter, and in conjunction with him, at least according to the physical principles of the Indians, has an influence on all earthly things, and contributes to their creation as well as destruction. Her husband _Shiva_ has also several other names by which his properties and effects are distinguished. Thus, for example, he is called _Mahadèvi_, the great god; _Rudra_, the god who visits mankind with sickness, and by these means compels them to shed tears; _Isha_, the lord; _Shuli_, he who bears the trident, the symbol of the three worlds, viz. the heavens, the earth, and the infernal regions, which are all under his inspection; _Shrikanda_, the lord of light; _Andagaribu_, the enemy of darkness; _Vyomaghesha_, the lord of the firmament, &c. All these appellations sufficiently prove that this deity represents the sun. According to the Indian mythology, these two deities, _Shiva_ and _Parvadi_, produced the following children: 1. _Gannèsha_, of whom some account has been already given. 2. _Kartiguna_, or _Scanda_, the leader of the celestial armies. 3. _Hanumán_, the symbol of the air and the wind. 4. _Bhagavàdi_, of whom an account has also been given.