Laks?m?

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Lakṣmī (Skt., ‘sign’). In the Vedas a mark or indication, neither good nor bad unless so qualified (e.g. by puṇya if good). But at least from the time of Mahābhārata, Lakṣmī is personified as a Goddess of good fortune and the embodiment of beauty. In all manifestations, she is associated with fertility and good fortune, and her image is often put on doorposts to ward off evil. Srī Lakṣmī is often known simply as Śrī.

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