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Lakshmi lustrated by elephants, Uttar Pradesh, Kausambi, 1st century BCE Bas relief of GajaLakshmi at the Buddhist Sanchi Stupa, Stupa I, North gateway, Satavahana dynasty sculpture, 1st century CE [40] Lakshmi is a member of the Tridevi, the triad of great goddesses. She represents the Rajas guna, and the Iccha-shakti.
Lakshmi Puja or Lokkhi Pujo (Devnagari: लक्ष्मी पूजा, Bengali: লক্ষ্মী পূজা, Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ପୂଜା, Romanised: Lakṣmī Pūjā/ Loķhī Pūjō) is a Hindu occasion for the veneration of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Prosperity and the Supreme Goddess of Vaishnavism. [1]
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Arti plate. Arti (Hindi: आरती, romanized: Āratī) or Aarati (Sanskrit: आरात्रिक, romanized: Ārātrika) [1] [2] is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities.
Lakshmi chose Vishnu as her consort, spiritually residing herself within his chest, restoring the providence of the devas. After the amrita (nectar of immortality) had been offered to the devas, they were able to vanquish the asuras in battle, and the sovereignty of the three worlds was restored to Indra.
Various texts like the Garuda Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and Lakshmi Tantra refer to Lakshmi as form of Mahadevi. According to Devdutt Pattanaik , "Lakshmi is worshipped as maya , the delightful delusion, the dream-like expression of divinity that makes life comprehensible, hence worth living.
First Alakshmi emerges, then Lakshmi appears during the Samudra Manthana. [5] Gods send Alakshmi to go dwell amongst pernicious persons, give them poverty and grief. [ 4 ] She as the Asura of inauspiciousness and grief is the opposite of Lakshmi who is the " Devi " of auspiciousness and joy.
Santoshi Mata's iconography took elements from the familiar form of the Hindu goddesses. Santoshi Mata's characteristic posture standing or sitting on a lotus mirrored that of the goddess Lakshmi (Shri). The weapons she held—the sword and the trident—are traditional attributes of the goddess Durga. [4]