Lakshmi
[[Ladawan: Raja Ravi Varma, Goddess Lakshmi, 1896.jpg|right|thumb|Si Lakshmi]]

Si '''Lakshmi''' ([[Sanskrito]]: लक्ष्मी, romanisado: Lakṣmī, na kun minsan binabaybay na '''Laxmi''', lit. 'siya na namamayo nganing maotob an katuyohan nin sarong tawo'), midbid man na '''Shri''' (Sanskrit:श्री, romanisado: Śrī, lit.'Noble'), saro sa pangenot na mga diosa sa Hinduismo.<ref name="Hb">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sEIngqiKOugC&q=lakshmi+also+known+as+sri&pg=PA285|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities|last=Coulter|first=Charles Russell|last2=Turner|first2=Patricia|date=4 July 2013|isbn=9781135963903}}</ref> Siya an diosa nin kayamanan, kapaladan, kapangyarihan, kagayonan, pagkamainaki asin prosperidad, asin asosyado kay [[Maya]] ("Ilusyon").<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kl0DYIjUPgC&q=Lakshmi|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Volume 1|last=Ph.D|first=James G. Lochtefeld|date=2001-12-15|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=978-0-8239-3179-8|language=en}}</ref> Kaiba si [[Parvati]] asin [[Saraswati]], siya an nagbibilog kan [[Tridevi]] kan mga diyosang Hindu.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlQBfbwk7CwC|title=The Hindu Traditions: A Concise Introduction|last=Mark W. Muesse|publisher=Fortress Press|isbn=978-1451414004|page=157}}</ref> 

Sa laog kan sektang nakasentro sa mga diosa na [[Shaktismo]], sinasamba si Lakshmi bilang an may prosperidad na aspekto kan ''diosang Ina''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSQKAQAAIAAJ|title=Goddess Laksmi: Origin and Development|last=Upendra Nath Dhal|publisher=Oriental Publishers & Distributors|year=1978|page=109|quote=Goddess Lakşmī is stated as the genetrix of the world; she maintains them as a mother ought to do . So she is often called as the Mātā.}}</ref><ref name="williams">{{Cite book|title=Handbook of Hindu Mythology|last=Williams|first=George M.|publisher=ABC-CLIO, Inc|year=2003|isbn=1-85109-650-7|pages=196–8}}</ref> Si Lakshmi iyo an konsorto sagkod an enerhiya nin Dios (shakti) kan dios na Hindu na si [[Vishnu]], an Supremong Persona nin [[Vaishnavismo]]; Siya man an Supremong Diosa sa sekta asin nagtatabang ki Vishnu na magmukna, magprotehir, asin magliwat kan uniberso. Siya sarong prominenteng persona sa Sri Vaishnavism, na kun saen an debosyon ksy Lakshmi ibinibilang na importanteng makaabot kay Vishnu.<ref name="anandrao167">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxGEy6m4N9kC&pg=PA167|title=Soteriologies of India|last=Anand Rao|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|year=2004|isbn=978-3-8258-7205-2|page=167|access-date=22 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226035521/https://books.google.com/books?id=UxGEy6m4N9kC&pg=PA167|archive-date=26 December 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="williams" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbtiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20|title=Evolution of Mother Worship in India|last=Sashi Bhusan Dasgupta|publisher=Advaita Ashrama (A Publication House of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)|year=2004|isbn=9788175058866|page=20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18624684|title=The Tamil Veda : Piḷḷān's interpretation of the Tiruvāymol̲i|last=Carman|first=John Braisted|date=1989|publisher=University of Chicago Press|others=Vasudha Narayanan|isbn=0-226-09305-0|location=Chicago|oclc=18624684}}</ref> Kan si Vishnu naghilig sa daga bilang avatar, inibanan siya ni Lakshmi bilang consort, halimbawa, bilang si Sita asin Radha o Rukmini bilang consorts kan mga avatar ni Vishnu na Rama asin Krishna.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qotjet-Hb0MC&q=Radha|title=Goddesses in World Culture|last=Monaghan|first=Patricia|date=2010-12-31|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-35465-6|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hb"/><ref name="williams" /> An walong prominenteng kapahayagan nin Lakshmi, an Ashtalakshmi, nagsisimbolo sa walong gikanan nin kayamanan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kl0DYIjUPgC|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Volume 1|last=James G. Lochtefeld|date=15 December 2001|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0823931798|page=65}}</ref>

Ilinaladawan si Lakshmi sa arte nin India bilang eleganteng nakasulot, nag-aasensong babaeng bulawan an kolor na nagtitindog o nakatukaw sa posisyon na padmasana sa halangkaw na trono, mantang kapot an lotus na yaon sa saiyang kamot, nagsisimbolo nin kapaladan, sadiring kadunongan, asin espiritwal na katalingkasan.<ref name="Lochtefeld2002p385">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kl0DYIjUPgC|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M|last=James G. Lochtefeld|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|year=2002|isbn=978-0-8239-3179-8|pages=385–386|access-date=15 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IYVBgAAQBAJ|title=Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization|last=Heinrich Robert Zimmer|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2015|isbn=978-1-4008-6684-7|page=100|access-date=15 October 2016}}</ref> An saiyang biograpiya nagpapaheling sa saiya nin apat na kamot, na nagrerepresentar sa apat na aspekto nin buhay nin tawo na mahalaga sa kulturang Hindu: dharma, kāma, artha, asin moksha.<ref>Rhodes, Constantina. 2011. </ref><ref name="ttgov">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20141108012904/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/Divali/tabid/168/Default.aspx?PageContentID=121 Divali – THE SYMBOLISM OF LAKSHMI]." </ref> An Lakshmi Sahasranama kan Skanda Purana, Lakshmi Tantra, Markandeya Purana, Devi Mahatmya, asin iskriturang Vedic ilinaladawan si Lakshmi na igwa nin walong o kagwalong kamot, asin nagtutukaw sa Garuda, sarong leon, o sarong tigre.<ref name="D. R. Rajeswari 1989 19">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wK-fAAAAMAAJ|title=Sakti Iconography|last=D. R. Rajeswari|publisher=Intellectual Publishing House|year=1989|isbn=9788170760153|page=19|quote=According to Sapta Sati the iconographical characteristics of Lakshmi are as follows: She is having 18 hands carrying rosary, axe, mace, arrow, thunderbolt, lotus, pitcher, rod, Sakti, Sword, Shield, Conch, bell, wine-cup, trident, noose and the discus}}</ref><ref name="Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao 1991 65">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIzrAAAAMAAJ|title=Pratima Kosha: Descriptive Glossary of Indian Iconography, Volume 5|last=Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao|publisher=IBH Prakashana|year=1991|page=65}}</ref><ref name="H. C. Das 1985 337">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w80dAAAAMAAJ|title=Cultural Development in Orissa|last=H. C. Das|publisher=Punthi Pustak|year=1985|page=337|quote=The Bisvakarmasastra depicts her holding a pot, a club in her right hands, and a shield and a wood apple in the left. The Markandeya Purana describes the developed form of Laksmi having as many as 18 hands.}}</ref> Segun sa Lakshmi Tantra, an diosang si Lakshmi, sa saiyang ultimong porma nin Mahasri, igwa nin apat na takyag nin sarong kublit na bulawan, asin may kapot na sitron, sarong klab, kalasag, asin sarong lalagan na may amrita.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pENlKmZ4r94C&q=GOLDEN+COMPLEXION|title=Lakshmi Tantra|last=Sanjukta Gupta|publisher=MOTILAL BANARIDAS|year=2007|isbn=9788120817340|pages=23}}</ref> Sa Skanda Purana asin sa Venkatachala Mahatmayam, Sri, o Lakshmi, inoomaw bilang ina ni Brahma.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Skanda-Purana-Part-4.pdf|title=Skand Puran|last=Jaitentra Prakash Jain|publisher=Motilal banarasidas|year=1951|pages=66|quote=Obeisance to Sri. the mother of the worlds. Obeisance, obeisance to the mother of Brahma. Hail to you, to the lotuseyed one. Obeisance, obeisance to the lotus-faced one|access-date=2022-10-17|archive-date=2022-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017061141/https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Skanda-Purana-Part-4.pdf|dead-url=yes}}</ref>

An arkeolohikong mga diskobremiento asin suanoy na mga sinsilyo nagsusuherir kan pagmidbid asin reberensia kay Lakshmi na nag - eeksister kan ika - 1 milenyo BCE.<ref name="usingh">Singh, Upinder. 2009. </ref><ref name="ashav">Vishnu, Asha. 1993. </ref> An ladawan asin estatwa ni Lakshmi nanompongan man sa mga templong Hindu sa bilog na Habagatan - Sirangan na Asya, na kinakarkulong poon sa ikaduwang kabanga kan enot na milenyo CE.<ref>Roveda, Vitorio. 2004. </ref><ref>Jones, Soumya. 2007. </ref> An aldaw nin Lakshmi Puja durante kan Navaratri, asin an mga kapiestahan nin Deepavali asin Sharad Purnima (Kojagiri Purnima) sineselebrar sa saiyang onra.<ref name="joneskoja">Jones, Constance. 2011. </ref>

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Si Lakshmi (Sanskrito: लक्ष्मी, romanisado: Lakṣmī, na kun minsan binabaybay na Laxmi, lit. 'siya na namamayo nganing maotob an katuyohan nin sarong tawo'), midbid man na Shri (Sanskrit:श्री, romanisado: Śrī, lit.'Noble'), saro sa pangenot na mga diosa sa Hinduismo. Siya an diosa nin kayamanan, kapaladan, kapangyarihan, kagayonan, pagkamainaki asin prosperidad, asin asosyado kay Maya ("Ilusyon"). Kaiba si Parvati asin Saraswati, siya an nagbibilog kan Tridevi kan mga diyosang Hindu. 

Sa laog kan sektang nakasentro sa mga diosa na Shaktismo, sinasamba si Lakshmi bilang an may prosperidad na aspekto kan diosang Ina. Si Lakshmi iyo an konsorto sagkod an enerhiya nin Dios (shakti) kan dios na Hindu na si Vishnu, an Supremong Persona nin Vaishnavismo; Siya man an Supremong Diosa sa sekta asin nagtatabang ki Vishnu na magmukna, magprotehir, asin magliwat kan uniberso. Siya sarong prominenteng persona sa Sri Vaishnavism, na kun saen an debosyon ksy Lakshmi ibinibilang na importanteng makaabot kay Vishnu. Kan si Vishnu naghilig sa daga bilang avatar, inibanan siya ni Lakshmi bilang consort, halimbawa, bilang si Sita asin Radha o Rukmini bilang consorts kan mga avatar ni Vishnu na Rama asin Krishna. An walong prominenteng kapahayagan nin Lakshmi, an Ashtalakshmi, nagsisimbolo sa walong gikanan nin kayamanan.

Ilinaladawan si Lakshmi sa arte nin India bilang eleganteng nakasulot, nag-aasensong babaeng bulawan an kolor na nagtitindog o nakatukaw sa posisyon na padmasana sa halangkaw na trono, mantang kapot an lotus na yaon sa saiyang kamot, nagsisimbolo nin kapaladan, sadiring kadunongan, asin espiritwal na katalingkasan. An saiyang biograpiya nagpapaheling sa saiya nin apat na kamot, na nagrerepresentar sa apat na aspekto nin buhay nin tawo na mahalaga sa kulturang Hindu: dharma, kāma, artha, asin moksha.Rhodes, Constantina. 2011. "Divali – THE SYMBOLISM OF LAKSHMI."  An Lakshmi Sahasranama kan Skanda Purana, Lakshmi Tantra, Markandeya Purana, Devi Mahatmya, asin iskriturang Vedic ilinaladawan si Lakshmi na igwa nin walong o kagwalong kamot, asin nagtutukaw sa Garuda, sarong leon, o sarong tigre. Segun sa Lakshmi Tantra, an diosang si Lakshmi, sa saiyang ultimong porma nin Mahasri, igwa nin apat na takyag nin sarong kublit na bulawan, asin may kapot na sitron, sarong klab, kalasag, asin sarong lalagan na may amrita. Sa Skanda Purana asin sa Venkatachala Mahatmayam, Sri, o Lakshmi, inoomaw bilang ina ni Brahma.

An arkeolohikong mga diskobremiento asin suanoy na mga sinsilyo nagsusuherir kan pagmidbid asin reberensia kay Lakshmi na nag - eeksister kan ika - 1 milenyo BCE.Singh, Upinder. 2009. Vishnu, Asha. 1993.  An ladawan asin estatwa ni Lakshmi nanompongan man sa mga templong Hindu sa bilog na Habagatan - Sirangan na Asya, na kinakarkulong poon sa ikaduwang kabanga kan enot na milenyo CE.Roveda, Vitorio. 2004. Jones, Soumya. 2007.  An aldaw nin Lakshmi Puja durante kan Navaratri, asin an mga kapiestahan nin Deepavali asin Sharad Purnima (Kojagiri Purnima) sineselebrar sa saiyang onra.Jones, Constance. 2011. 

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