shri
श्री śrīAuspiciousness, radiance, flourishing and well-being; the quality personified as the goddess Shri-Lakshmi, of which material wealth is the outer layer.
Where this term appears
- Who is Lakshmi? Deities
…ar stranger, and to understand Lakshmi is to understand what it calls shri , a word that holds wealth and beauty and grace and well-being all at once, of which money is only the thinnest outer layer.
- Who is Shiva? Deities
Shiva is the supreme reality for the Shaiva traditions, and, by one widely cited estimate, for something like a quarter of all Hindus, though such figures are rough…
- Ishvara, Bhagavan and Brahman: How Hinduism Conceives God Essentials
…ss: aishvarya , total lordship; virya , power; yasha , fame or glory; shri , wealth and beauty; jnana , complete knowledge; and vairagya , perfect dispassion.
- The 64 Śākta Tantras Lineages
The 64 Śākta Tantras are the Goddess-centred tantric scriptures, named in a famous verse of the Saundaryalaharī. The number 64 is a traditional and symbolic…
- The Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās Lineages
The Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās are the Vaiṣṇava Āgama, the revealed scriptures governing much of Vishnu temple worship. The tradition counts 108 Saṃhitās, though more than…
- What is the Hanuman Chalisa? Worship
shri guru charana saroja raja, nija mana mukura sudhari; baranau raghubara bimala jasu, jo dayaku phala chari.
- Who was Abhinavagupta? Lineages
Shri Shankuka said it is inferred, the way we read emotion into a painted horse.
- Reading the Tilaka: Forehead Marks Explained Deities
The Shri Vaishnavas, the Madhvas and the Gauardiya Vaishnavas all wear distinct forms of the urdhva-pundra , distinguishable to those who know.