text: Referred to as SarasvatÃ DevÃ in Sanskrit ( meaning `` Goddess Saraswati '' ) , Benzaiten is the goddess of everything that flows : water , words , speech , eloquence , music and by extension knowledge .
simplified: Her Sanskrit name is `` SarasvatÃ DevÃ '' , which means `` flowing water '' . This is why Benzaiten is the goddess of everything that flows : water , words , speech , and music .