Lakshmi
Hindu goddess of wealth, love, prosperity
Lakshmi is the goddess of money, wisdom and good luck in Hinduism. She is the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu. Most Hindus pray to her on Diwali, which is a festival in India.
| Lakshmi | |
|---|---|
Goddess of Fortune, Wealth, & Prosperity[1] | |
| Member of Tridevi | |
 Raja Ravi Varma's Gaja Lakshmi | |
| Other names | Sri Devi[1], padmā, kamalā,Kamalakshi, Vishnupriyā |
| Affiliation | Devi, Tridevi, Ashta Lakshmi, Mahalakshmi |
| Abode | Vaikuntha |
| Mantra | ॐ महालक्ष्म्यै नमो नम: ।
ॐ विष्णुप्रियायै नमो नम: । ॐ धनप्रदायै नमो नम : । ॐ विश्वजनन्यै नमो नम: । |
| Symbols | Lotus and gold |
| Mount | Owl,Elephant and Garuda |
| Festivals | Navratri, Diwali, Lakshmi Puja, Varalakshmi Vratam/Mahalakshmi Vrata |
| Personal information | |
| Consort | Vishnu |
| Children | Kamadeva |
| Siblings | Alakshmi |
Lakshmi has four arms, fair skin and sits on a lotus flower and is normally surrounded by elephants. She is covered in jewellery.
She also has several avatars (means a god coming to the earth in the form of a human being or in any other form) who are usually married to Vishnu's avatars:
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Further readingEdit
- Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions (ISBN 81-208-0379-5) by David Kinsley
- Lakshmi Puja and Thousand Names (ISBN 1-887472-84-3) by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 lakṣmī Archived 20 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, University of Washington Archives
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