Lakshmi
Hindu goddess of wealth, love, prosperity
Lakshmi is the goddess of money, wisdom and good luck in Hinduism. 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 |
| 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). Her husband is the Hindu god Vishnu but her other avatars are usually married to Vishnu's avatars:
Related pagesEdit
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
Other websitesEdit
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakshmi. |
- 108 Aspects of Wealth
- The Online mandir of Mahalakshmi
- Know about Goddess Sri Lakshmi Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Hymns and eulogies on Lakshmi Archived 2006-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Lakshmi Puran