Lakshmi ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ

Names

• Shri — radiance, eminence, splendour, wealth¹
• Padma — she who dwells in the lotus¹
• Kamala — she of the lotus¹
• Padmavati — born of a lotus¹
• Narayani — she who belongs to Narayana¹
• Vaishnavi — Vishnu’s power, or his devotee¹
• Nandika — giver of delight¹
• Mahalakshmi — the great Lakshmi¹

Family

Consorts

Vishnu

Siblings

Alakshmi

When Vishnu descends as an avatar she comes with him: as Sita with Rama, as Rukmini or Radha with Krishna.¹

Origins

Lakshmi is absent from the earliest Vedic texts; she grows out of shri, auspiciousness and glory, and the Shri Sukta, a late Rigvedic hymn, is an early hymn addressed to her. Her eight forms, the Ashtalakshmi, stand for eight kinds of wealth.¹