Lakshmi
Goddess of fortune, abundance and graceGoddess of wealth, fortune and auspiciousness, consort of Vishnu, Lakshmi is far more than a deity of money. The tradition treats her abundance as a single grace, material and spiritual at once, that flees injustice and settles only where dharma holds.
A quick reference entry. For the full account, follow the guides below.
Guides and journal
- Who is Lakshmi? Deities
The goddess is Lakshmi, and the misunderstanding waiting at her door is enormous.
- Kamala: The Lotus at the End of the Garland Treatise
…mika , "she whose very self is the lotus." She is the Tantric form of Lakshmi, the goddess of abundance and beauty and good fortune, and she is the gentlest of all the ten, the auspicious culmination of a seque…
- Victory and Light Treatise
…n row, in every window and doorway and along every roof and wall, and Lakshmi , the goddess of wealth and fortune and well-being, is welcomed into the cleaned and lighted home.
- What is Diwali? Worship
Ask almost anywhere and you will hear about Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune, and the lamps lit to welcome her in.
- The Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās Lineages
The Lakṣmī Tantra , translated by Sanjukta Gupta, gives the creative initiative to Śrī , to Lakshmi, as the active power, the śakti , of the otherwise transcendent Nārāyaṇa.