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. Gajalakshmi
Lakshmi | |
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Mother Goddess, Goddess of Fortune, Wealth, Love, Prosperity, Joy, Beauty[1] and Maya | |
Member of Tridevi | |
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 |
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 pages
Further reading
- 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
Other websites
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
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