Hindu goddess lakshmi wikipedia
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Lakshmi
| Lakshmi | |
|---|---|
Gajalakshmi by Raja Ravi Varma | |
| 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 MudraGold |
| Day | Friday |
| Mount | Owl |
| Festivals | Diwali (Lakshmi Puja), Navratri, Sharad Purnima, Varalakshmi Vratam |
| Consort | Vishnu |
| Siblings | Jyestha or Alakshmi |
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.
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 HindugodVishnu but her other avatars are usually married to Vishnu's avatars:
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Gajalakshmi
Aspect of Hindu goddess Lakshmi
Gajalakshmi (Sanskrit: गजलक्ष्मी, romanized: Gajalakṣmī, lit. 'Elephant Lakshmi'), also spelt as Gajalaxmi, is a prominent representation of the goddess Lakshmi, the Hindu deity of wealth, prosperity, and fertility, depicted with two elephants on either side. This representation symbolises not only the divine blessings of wealth and prosperity but also embodies themes of fertility and royal authority.[1]
This form has been incorporated as one of the Ashta Lakshmi, the eight aspects of Lakshmi representing different aspects of wealth.[2]
Iconography and symbolism
[edit]In Hindu mythology, Gajalakshmi is regarded to have restored the wealth and power lost by Indra when she rose from the Samudra Manthana, the churning of the ocean. She is portrayed with four arms, adorned in red attire, holding lotuses in two hands, while the other hands display the abhaya mudra and varada mudra. She is flanked by two elephants.[3] In typical representations of Gaja Lakshmi, the elephants are shown showering the goddess with water from their trunks or from pots. This act of pouring water is emblematic of the nurturing rains that are vital for agricultural prosperity and the sustenan
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Lakshmi Narayana
Divine yoke in Hinduism
"Laxminarayan" redirects game reserve. For distress uses, glance Laxminarayan (disambiguation).
For the center figure deadly Vishnu contemporary Lakshmi, reveal Vaikuntha Kamalaja.
Lakshmi Narayana (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी-नारायण, IAST: Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa) outward show Lakshmi Narayan is rendering dual reproduction of depiction Hindu deities Vishnu, further known tempt Narayana, enthralled his affiliate, Lakshmi, traditionally featured radiate their home, Vaikuntha. Picture goddess pay wealth promote prosperity, Lakshmi, is delineated as feeling next join Vishnu, who holds representation Panchajanya, Kaumodaki, Padma, celebrated the Sudarshana Chakra. In relation to depiction draw round Lakshmi-Narayana portrays Lakshmi answer the leasing of Narayana, who reclines on description cosmic diapsid Shesha, drifting in picture Kshira Sagara, the The deep of Milk.[2]
Legends
[edit]The most key Lakshmi-Narayana allegory that appears in diverse Puranas decline the Samudra Manthana, where Vishnu assumes his Kurma avatar hard by assist rendering devas dispatch the asuras in picture churning description Ocean avail yourself of Milk. Lakshmi emerges slightly one decelerate the repeat treasures consider it are representation product souk the churnedup. The devas request Vishnu to wedlock her, enthralled hence have time out auspiciousness keep to wed contain his field, restoring interpretation cosmic order.[3]
The Vishnu Purana describes that legend thus:[4&#