Lakshmi Sahasranama of Skanda Purana praises Lakshmi as Mahadevi (she who is the great goddess), Mahamaya (she who is a great illusion), Karaveera Nivasini (The Goddess Who lives in Karaveera/ Kolhapur) and Maha Astha Dasa Pithagne (she who has 18 great Shakti Peethas). Other than these Vaishnavas also consider Lalita, who is praised with 1,000 names in Lalita Sahasranama as Lakshmi. Lakshmi has numerous epithets and numerous ancient Stotram and Sutras of Hinduism recite her various names: such as Sri (Radiance, eminence, splendor, wealth), Padmā (she who is mounted upon or dwelling in a lotus or She of the lotus), Kamalā or Kamalatmika (She of the lotus), Padmapriyā (Lotus-lover), Padmamālādhāra Devī (Goddess bearing a garland of lotuses), Padmamukhī (Lotus-faced-she whose face is as like as a lotus), Padmākṣī: (Lotus-eyed - she whose eyes are as beautiful as a lotus), Padmahasta: (Lotus-hand - she whose hand is holding lotus), Padmasundarī (She who is as beautiful as a lotus), Śrījā (Jatika of Sri), Narayani (belonging to Narayana or the power of Narayana), Vaishnavi (worshipper of Vishnu or the power of Vishnu), Viṣṇupriyā (who is the beloved of Vishnu), Nandika (the one who gives pleasure). The festivals of Diwali and Sharad Purnima (Kojagiri Purnima) are celebrated in her honor. Lakshmi's iconography and statues have also been found in Hindu temples throughout Southeast Asia, estimated to be from the second half of the 1st millennium CE. Īrchaeological discoveries and ancient coins suggest the recognition and reverence for Lakshmi existing by the 1st millennium BCE. Lakshmi Sahasranama of Skanda Purana, Lakshmi Tantra, Markandeya Purana, Devi Mahatmya and vedic scriptures descibes Lakshmi as having eighteen hands.
Her iconography shows her with four hands, which represent the four aspects of human life important to Hindu culture: dharma, kāma, artha, and moksha. Lakshmi is depicted in Indian art as an elegantly dressed, prosperity-showering golden-coloured woman standing or siting in padmasana on a lotus throne, while holding a lotus in her hand, symbolizing fortune, self-knowledge, and spiritual liberation.
The eight prominent manifestations of Lakshmi, the Ashtalakshmi symbolize the eight sources of wealth. Whenever Vishnu descended on the earth as an avatar, Lakshmi accompanied him as consort, for example as Sita and Radha or Rukmini and Satyabhama as consorts of Vishnu's avatars Rama and Krishna, respectively. Lakshmi is both the wife and divine energy ( shakti) of the Hindu god Vishnu, the Supreme Being of Vaishnavism she is also the Supreme Goddess in the sect and assists Vishnu to create, protect and transform the universe. Within the Goddess-oriented Shaktism, Lakshmi is venerated as a principle aspect of the Mother goddess. Along with Parvati and Saraswati, she forms the Tridevi of Hindu goddesses. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty and prosperity, and associated with Maya ("Illusion"). 'Noble'), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism.
'she who leads to one's goal'), also known as Shri ( Sanskrit: श्री, romanized: Śrī, lit. Lakshmi ( / ˈ l ʌ k ʃ m i/ Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी, romanized: Lakṣmī, lit. Padma (Lotus), Shankha (conch), Discus, Gada (mace), Jnana Mudra, Abhaya Mudra, Varadamudra, gold, coins.ĭiwali ( Lakshmi Puja), Sharad Purnima, Varalakshmi Vratam, Navaratri, Sankranti Sri, Narayani, Bhargavi, Bhagavati, Padma, Kamala, Vaishnavi, Samudrasutaĭevi, Tridevi, Ashta Lakshmi, Shakti, Mahadevi, Adishakti
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