ᱞᱚᱠᱷᱤ
ᱞᱚᱠᱷᱤ ᱫᱚᱭ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱫᱤᱱᱫᱩ ᱫᱮᱵᱤ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱱ-ᱫᱚᱨᱤᱵᱽ, ᱦᱟᱞᱟᱝ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱫᱚᱨᱤᱵᱽ, ᱠᱚᱨᱚᱢ-ᱠᱚᱯᱟᱲ, ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱵᱚᱝᱜᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱤᱥᱱᱩ ᱵᱮᱨᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱞᱚᱠᱷᱤ᱾ ᱡᱳᱭᱱᱳ ᱠᱚᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱪᱤᱛᱚᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱞᱚᱠᱷᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱚᱠᱚᱨ ᱪᱮᱬᱮ ᱮᱭ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ-ᱟ᱾ ᱵᱟᱝᱢᱟ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱠᱚᱠᱚᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱚᱠᱷᱤ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱤᱫᱤ ᱟᱹᱜᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ᱾ ᱞᱚᱠᱷᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱩᱨᱩᱭ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱭᱟ᱾ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱤᱥᱱᱩ ᱣᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ ᱨᱣᱱ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱚᱝᱥᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱭ᱾ ᱵᱤᱥᱱᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱨᱟᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱨᱤᱥᱱᱚ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭ ᱛᱟᱦᱮ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱚᱠᱛᱚᱨᱮ ᱞᱚᱠᱷᱤ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱥᱤᱛᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱟᱫᱷᱟ ᱢᱩᱴᱷᱟᱹᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱤᱥᱱᱩ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱮᱨᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮᱭ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
| Lakshmi | |
|---|---|
Adi Shakti,[᱑]Mother Goddess,[᱒] Goddess of Fortune, Wealth, Love, Prosperity, Joy, Beauty, Fertility and Maya[᱓] | |
| Member of Tridevi | |
 Raja Ravi Varma's Gaja Lakshmi | |
| Other names | Sri, Narayani, Bhagavati, Māyā,[᱔] Padmā, Kamalā, Hemā, Vaishnavi |
| Affiliation | Devi, Tridevi, Ashta Lakshmi, Durga |
| ᱚᱲᱟᱜ | Vaikuntha |
| Mantra | ।।ॐ श्रीं श्रियें नमः ।। |
| Symbols | Padma, gold, coins, elephants, etc. |
| Mount | Owl, Elephant or Lion[᱕][᱖][᱗][᱘] |
| Festivals | Diwali (Lakshmi Puja), Navratri, Sharad Purnima, Varalakshmi Vratam |
| Personal information | |
| Consort | Vishnu |
| ᱜᱤᱫᱽᱨᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ | Kamadeva (according to some texts) |
| ᱵᱚᱭᱦᱟ ᱠᱚ | Jyestha or Alakshmi |
| Equivalents | |
| Manipuri equivalent | Emoinu |
ᱥᱟ.ᱠᱷᱭᱟ.ᱛ
ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ- ↑ Vanamali (21 July 2008). Shakti: Realm of the Divine Mother. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1594777851.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Dave Symmons (1998). This is Hinduism. Nelson Thornes Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-0748730933.
- ↑ lakṣmī Archived ᱒᱐ ᱢᱮ ᱒᱐᱑᱕ at the Wayback Machine., Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, University of Washington Archives
- ↑ Lochtefeld, James G. (2002). The illustrated encyclopedia of Hinduism. Internet Archive. New York : Rosen. ISBN 978-0-8239-2287-1.
- ↑ Jackie Menzies (2006). Goddess: Divine Energy. Art Gallery of New South Wales. p. 113.
- ↑ Mihindukalasūrya Ār. Pī. Susantā Pranāndu (2005). Rituals, Folk Beliefs, and Magical Arts of Sri Lanka. Susan International. p. 228. ISBN 9789559631835.
Lion: It was a 'vahana' of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Prosperity, and of Parvati, the wife of Siva.
- ↑ D. R. Rajeswari (1989). Sakti Iconography. Intellectual Publishing House. p. 22. ISBN 9788170760153.
In some places Gazalakshmi also has been given Lion as her Vahana. In South India Vara Lakshmi, one of the forms of eight Lakshmis is having Lion as her Vahana. In Rameshwaram also for Veera Lakshmi Lion is Vahana. She carries Trisula, Sphere, Sankha, Chakr, and abhaya and Varada mudras.
- ↑ Journal, Volumes 6-7. Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India). 1964. p. 96.
From the occurrence of cornucopiae , lotus flower and lion mount the goddess has been described as Lakshmi - Ambikā — a composite icon combining the concepts of Śrī or Lakshmi , the goddess of prosperity , and Ambikā , the mother aspect of Durga.