Lakshmi
Hindu goddess of wealth, love, prosperity
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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 | |
 Lakshmi by Raja Ravi Varma | |
| 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) coins |
| Day | Friday |
| Mount | Elephant or Owl |
| 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:
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Further readingEdit
- Kinsley, David R. (1987). Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. ISBN 978-81-208-0379-4.
- Saraswati, Swami Satyananda; Saraswati, Swami Vittalananda; Saraswati, Mata Parvatinanda (2001). Laksmi Puja and Thousand Names. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-887472-84-5.
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.
- Maha Lakshmi Purana
- 108 Aspects of Wealth
- The Online mandir of Mahalakshmi Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- 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