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. She is regarded as an equivalent goddess of Emoinu, her Meitei counterpart.
| Lakshmi | |
|---|---|
| Member of Tridevi | |
 Raja Ravi Varma's Gaja Lakshmi | |
| Other names | Sri, Narayani, Bhagavati, Padma, Kamala, Vaishnavi |
| Affiliation | Devi,Adi parashakti,Tridevi, Ashta Lakshmi, Durga |
| Abode | Vaikuntha, Manidvipa |
| Mantra | ।।ॐ श्रीं श्रियें नमः ।। |
| Symbols | Padma (Lotus), gold, coins, elephants |
| Mount | Owl and Elephant |
| Festivals | Diwali (Lakshmi Puja), Navratri, Sharad Purnima, Varalakshmi Vratam |
| Personal information | |
| Consort | Vishnu |
| Children | kamdeva |
| Siblings | Jyestha or 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
- ↑ 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