OT: Hindu Devas

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 29742


> Madhuri:
> > Padma is named after the consort of Lord Vishnu, the other dominant 
> Hindu God. She is the Goddess of wealth and learning, and Padma Patil 
> is therefore sorted into Ravenclaw.<
> 
  

Oops... I'm confused: I thought Sri-Lakshmi/Padma was the goddess of wealth and *joy,* and it was Sarasvati who is the goddess of learning (and music?).  I know that Sarasvati is often depicted as the shakti of Brahman, but sometimes she's shown as a second wife of Vishnu.  I'd assumed they were always meant to be two different women (inasmuch as hindu deities are independent of one another), but is that correct? Or is Sarasvati merely another facet of Sri-Lakshmi as Padma, Radha and Sita are?

 OHPC: Do we have any idea whether the Patil twins are muggle-born, half-born, or purebloods?