Lakshmi
For South Indian actress, see
Laxmi (actress) Lakshmi or Mahalaxmi (
Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी ) is the
Hindu goddess of
wealth, fortune, love and beauty, the lotus flower and fertility. Representations of Lakshmi (or Shri) are found in
Jain and
Buddhist monuments, in addition to
Hindu temples. Generally thought of as the personification of material fortune and prosperity, she is somewhat analogous to the Greco-Roman Aphrodite or Venus, as she also represents eroticism and is similarly thought to have originally "borne of the sea" in her most famous myth, as did those love goddesses.
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Lakshmi
Noun
1. Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity
(hypernym) Hindu deity
Lakshmi
[Hindu] The Hindu goddess of good fortune and beauty, mother of Kama, the young god of love. She arose from the milky foam of the waves at the "Churning of the Ocean". She is the consort of Vishnu, and is his wife during each of his incarnations. Also known as Sri.
Lakshmi
Lakshmi Laksmi (Sanskrit) Prosperity, happiness; the Hindu Venus, goddess of fortune and beauty who sprang with other precious things from the foam of the ocean when churned by the gods and demons for the recovery of the amrita. She is variously regarded as the wife or sakti of several of the great gods, notably Vishnu.
Lakshmi
The goddess of prosperity. She and her consort
Vishnu are discussed further in the discussion of the
Cosmos .