Lakshmi
| Lakshmi | |
|---|---|
| Member of Tridevi | |
 Gajalakshmi 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 ।। |
| Animals | Elephant |
| Symbols | Nymphaea, Jnana Mudra Gold |
| Day | Friday |
| Mount | Owl |
| Festivals | Diwali (Lakshmi Puja), Navratri, Sharad Purnima, Varalakshmi Vratam |
| Personal information | |
| Consort | Vishnu |
| Siblings | Jyestha or Alakshmi |
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 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:
- Sita, wife of Rama
- Radha, the eternal wife and chief consort of Krishna
- Rukmini, the principal wife and first queen consort of Krishna
Related pages
[change | change source]Further reading
[change | change source]- 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.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ lakṣmī Archived 20 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, University of Washington Archives
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakshmi.
- Maha Lakshmi Purana
- 108 Aspects of Wealth Archived 2008-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- 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
