Lakshmi


 
 
Lakshmi

In Hinduism, Lakshmi or Laxmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी) is the goddess of wealth, light and fortune, as well as (secondarily) luck, beauty and fertility. Lakshmi is considered an alternate form of Devi. She is the Mother of the Universe and Vishnu's Shakti. Lakshmi is married to Vishnu, and also married his incarnations Rama (in her incarnation as Sita), Krishna (as Rukmini) and Venkateshwara (as Padmavati.) Lakshmi has a son named Kama. In Hinduism, money or wealth is considered to be a form of the Goddess Lakshmi.

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Wealth: Wealth usually refers to money and property. It is the abundance of objects of value and also the state of having accumulated these objects. The use of the word itself assumes some socially-accepted means of identifying objects, land, or money as "belonging to" someone, i.e. a broadly accepted notio...


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Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda Bundi  circa 1700
Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda Bundi circa 1700

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Venkateshwara (1) - Padmavati (1) - Krishna (1) - Rukmini (1) - Property (1) - Means of protection (1) - Kama (1) - Money (1) - Wealth (1) - Devi (1) - Hinduism (1) - Sanskrit (1) - Rama (1) - Sita (1) - Shakti (1) -
 

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