Śrī

Śrī (Skt., ‘prosperity, splendour’). An honorific title in Hinduism, but also personified as a goddess, emerging from Prajāpati after his creation of all other beings. The association of Śrī with good fortune led to her assimilation with Lakṣmi.

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