vidyarambha
विद्यारम्भ vidyārambhaThe beginning of learning: the rite in which a young child traces their first letters, often on Vasant Panchami, under the goddess Saraswati.
Where this term appears
- Who is Saraswati? Deities
It is the day of vidyarambha , the beginning of learning, when a small child is helped to trace the first letters of the alphabet, often beginning with Om, the hand guided so that the first act of writing is do…
- What is Navaratri? Worship
…ldren are often begun in their letters and their music in the rite of Vidyarambha , "the beginning of learning." In much of the north the festival tilts toward a different deity altogether.
- The Burning and the Colours Treatise
Children are often given their first lesson in letters on this day, the vidyarambha , the beginning of learning, timed to the beginning of spring.