lakśmī | लक्श्मी | lakzmI
lakśmī/ | लक्श्मी/ | f. (nom. ī/s | ई/स् |, rarely ī/ | ई/ |; also ifc. as mf., but n(i). ; cf. lakśmīka | लक्श्मीक |) a mark, sign, token, RV. x, 71, 2; Nir. iv, 10
(with or without pāpī/ | पापी/ |) a bad sign, impending misfortune, AV.; ĀpŚr.
(but in the older language more usually with pu/ṛyā | पु/ऋया |) a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness (also pl.), AV. &c. &c.
wealth, riches, Kāv.; Rājat.
beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour, lustre, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
N. of the goddess of fortune and beauty (frequently in the later mythology identified with Śrī and regarded as the wife of Viṣṇu or Nārāyaṇa; accord. to R. i, 45, 40-43 she sprang with other precious things from the foam of the ocean when churned by the gods and demons for the recovery of the Amṛta q.v.; she appeared with a lotus in her hand, whence she is also called Padmā; accord. to another legend she appeared at the creation floating over the water on the expanded petals of a lotus-flower, she is also variously regarded as a wife of Sūrya, as a w˚ of Prajā-pati, as a w˚ of Dharma and mother of Kāma, as sister or mother of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, as w˚ of Dattátreya, as one of the 9 Śaktis of Viṣṇu, as a manifestation of Prakṛti &c., as identified with Dākṣāyaṇī in Bharatāśrama, and with Sītā, wife of Rāma, and with other women), ib. (cf. RTL. 103; 108 &c.)
the Good Genius or Fortune of a king personified (and often regarded as a rival of his queen), royal power, dominion, majesty, Kāv.; Kathās.; Rājat.
a partic. verse or formula, NṛsUp.
N. of various plants (Hibiscus Mutabilis; Mimosa Suma; turmeric; a white Tulasī; = fdḍi | फ़्द्डि |, vfdḍi | व्फ़्द्डि |, priyaṇgu | प्रियण्गु |, and Palinī | Pअलिनी |), L.
of the eleventh Kalā of the moon, Cat.
of two kinds of metre, Col.
the wife of a hero, L.
= dravya | द्रव्य |, L.
a pearl, L.
N. of the wife of king Candra-siṃha of Mithilā and patroness of various authors (also called laKamā | लKअमा |, laśamā | लशमा |, laKimā | लKइमा | or laCimā | लCइमा |), Cat.
of a poetess, ib.
of another woman, Śukas.
(with or without pāpī/ | पापी/ |) a bad sign, impending misfortune, AV.; ĀpŚr.
(but in the older language more usually with pu/ṛyā | पु/ऋया |) a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness (also pl.), AV. &c. &c.
wealth, riches, Kāv.; Rājat.
beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour, lustre, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
N. of the goddess of fortune and beauty (frequently in the later mythology identified with Śrī and regarded as the wife of Viṣṇu or Nārāyaṇa; accord. to R. i, 45, 40-43 she sprang with other precious things from the foam of the ocean when churned by the gods and demons for the recovery of the Amṛta q.v.; she appeared with a lotus in her hand, whence she is also called Padmā; accord. to another legend she appeared at the creation floating over the water on the expanded petals of a lotus-flower, she is also variously regarded as a wife of Sūrya, as a w˚ of Prajā-pati, as a w˚ of Dharma and mother of Kāma, as sister or mother of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, as w˚ of Dattátreya, as one of the 9 Śaktis of Viṣṇu, as a manifestation of Prakṛti &c., as identified with Dākṣāyaṇī in Bharatāśrama, and with Sītā, wife of Rāma, and with other women), ib. (cf. RTL. 103; 108 &c.)
the Good Genius or Fortune of a king personified (and often regarded as a rival of his queen), royal power, dominion, majesty, Kāv.; Kathās.; Rājat.
a partic. verse or formula, NṛsUp.
N. of various plants (Hibiscus Mutabilis; Mimosa Suma; turmeric; a white Tulasī; = fdḍi | फ़्द्डि |, vfdḍi | व्फ़्द्डि |, priyaṇgu | प्रियण्गु |, and Palinī | Pअलिनी |), L.
of the eleventh Kalā of the moon, Cat.
of two kinds of metre, Col.
the wife of a hero, L.
= dravya | द्रव्य |, L.
a pearl, L.
N. of the wife of king Candra-siṃha of Mithilā and patroness of various authors (also called laKamā | लKअमा |, laśamā | लशमा |, laKimā | लKइमा | or laCimā | लCइमा |), Cat.
of a poetess, ib.
of another woman, Śukas.