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Indra eulogised Lakshmi with the Lakshmi Stuti. [3] Pleased, the goddess offered him a boon of his choice. Indra requested that the three worlds may never again be deprived of her presence, and anyone who extolled the goddess with the same prayer that he had would never be forsaken by her. Lakshmi duly granted both of his wishes. [4]
The Sri Stuti (Sanskrit: श्रीस्तुति, romanized: Śrīstuti) is a Sanskrit hymn written by the Hindu philosopher Vedanta Desika. Comprising 25 verses, [ 1 ] the work is an ode to the goddess Lakshmi (Sri).
The Saptamatrika (Brahmani, Maheshvari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Varahi, Indrani, Chamunda) joined by Chandi and Mahalakshmi form the nine Matrikas cluster. Each Matrika is considered to be a Yogini and is associated with eight other Yoginis resulting in the troupe of eighty-one (nine times nine); [ 75 ] there is an 81-Yogini temple at Bhedaghat in ...
Narasimha Nakha Stuti; Nārāyaṇa Sūktam; Nasadiya Sūktam; Puruṣa Sūktam [1] Śrī Sūktam; Vishwakarma Sūktam; Ā no Bhadrāh Sūktam; Bhagya Sūktam / Pratah Sūktam; Brahmanaspati Sūktam; Dhruva Sūktam; Durga Sūktam; Ganapati Sūktam / Ganesha Sūktam; Gosamūha Sūktam; Gostha Sūktam; Hanumana Sūktam; Krityapaharana Sūktam ...
Lakshmi is the goddess of fortune, wealth, fertility, auspiciousness, light, and material and spiritual fulfillment, as well as the consort of Vishnu, the maintainer or preserver. [5] However, Lakshmi does not signify mere material wealth, but also abstract prosperity, such as glory, magnificence, joy, exaltation, and greatness, and spiritual ...
The elephants are symbolic of royalty and, in Hindu mythology, are also related with cloud and rain; they thus reinforce Shri-Lakshmi's stature as the goddess of abundance and fertility. [ 7 ] Later Hindu iconography often represents Shri-Lakshmi in the form of Gaja-Lakshmi , standing on a lotus, flanked by two elephants that are shown ...
Devi Mahatmya - Story of Mahishasura and the origin of goddess Mahalakshmi The conquest of the Heavens by Shumba - Nishumbha and Birth of Devi Kaushiki The story of King Suratha and a Vaishya who heard the Devi Mahatmyam from a sage, received the nine-syllable mantra from him and performed severe austerities and worshiped the Devi.
Devotees regard each of the Ashta Lakshmi to represent an attribute of Lakshmi, gaining the favour of the goddess with the chanting of each stanza of the prayer. The eight aspects of Lakshmi that are venerated by the mantra are: [4] [5] [6] Adi Lakshmi (lit. ' primeval Lakshmi ') Dhanya Lakshmi (lit. ' grain Lakshmi ') Dhairya Lakshmi (lit.