A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Laksmi
This page describes Laksmi which is located on page 238 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Laksmi” according to 134 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya [by Shri Gunaraja Khan]
Text 9 kanaka-campaka-kanti bame lakshmi-debi durba-dala-shyama-kanti dakshine prithibi kanaka-gold; campaka-campaka flower; kanti-splendor; bame-on the left; lakshmi-debi-Laksmi-devi; durba-durva grass; dala-blade; shyama-dark; kanti-splendor; dakshine-on the right; prithibi-Prthivi-devi. On His left is Lakshmi-devi, splendid like a golden campaka flower. On His right is Prithivi-devi, splendid like a blade of durva grass....
Read full contents: Chapter 9 - Description of the Lord's Four-armed Form (Hillola-raga)
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita [by Pranab Jyoti Kalita]
Goddess Lakshmi. As a goddess of wealth and prosperity, though, Lakshmi enjoys a well-exalted place in Hindu society, but, in the Atharvaveda, Lakshmi is interpreted as all sorts of wealth. There, it is stated that Lakshmi, i. e. all riches belong to the almighty Ucchishta. In another reference, it is said that there are one hundred Lakshmis born along with the birth of a man. They are, again, of two types, papishtha, i. e. sinful and shiva, i. e. propitious....
Read full contents: 12. Goddess Lakshmi
The Markandeya Purana [by Frederick Eden Pargiter]
Arjuna the son of Kritavirya, on succeeding to his kingdom, resolves to rule worthily—His minister Garga advises him to propitiate the Muni Dattatreya—And narrates how, when the Daityas and Danavas had conquered the gods, the gods hy Vrihaspati s counsel propitiated Dattatreya, who, being an incarnation of Vishnu, was enjoying himself with Lakshmi; and how, when the demons penetrated to Dattatreya s hermitage and seized Lakshmi, they were destroyed by Dattatreya....
Read full contents: Canto XVIII - Garga’s speech
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