लक्ष्मी
Hindi
Nepali
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ᬫᬷ (Balinese script)
- লক্ষ্মী (Assamese script)
- লক্ষ্মী (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿𑰦𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑍀 (Grantha script)
- લક્ષ્મી (Gujarati script)
- ꦭꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ꦩꦷ (Javanese script)
- ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ (Kannada script)
- လက္ၑ္မီ (Burmese script)
- ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ (Oriya script)
- ꢭꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ꢪꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀𑆩𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿𑖦𑖱 (Siddham script)
- లక్ష్మీ (Telugu script)
- ལཀྵྨཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂𑒧𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From लक्ष् (lakṣ)
Noun
लक्ष्मी • (lakṣmī́) f
- mark, sign, token
- RV 10.71.2
- सक्तुमिव-तित-उना पुनन्तो यत्र धीरा मनसा वाचमक्रत |
- अत्रा सखायः सख्यानि जानते भद्रैषांलक्ष्मीर्निहिताधि वाचि ||
- saktumiva-tita-unā punanto yatra dhīrā manasā vācamakrata |
- atrā sakhāyaḥ sakhyāni jānate bhadraiṣāṃlakṣmīrnihitādhi vāci ||
- Where, like men cleansing corn-flour in a cribble, the wise in spirit have created language,
- Friends see and recognize the marks of friendship: their speech retains the blessed sign imprinted.
- RV 10.71.2
- (with or without पापी (pāpī́))a bad sign, impending misfortune
- (but in the older language more usually with पुण्या (púṇyā))a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness
- wealth, riches
- beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour, lustre
- Lakshmi
- the Good Genius or Fortune of a king personified (and often regarded as a rival of his queen), royal power, dominion, majesty
- a particular verse or formula
- name of various plants (Hibiscus mutabilis, Acacia polycantha (syn. Mimosa suma), turmeric etc.)
- pearl
- name of the eleventh kala of the moon
- name of two kinds of metre
- name of the wife of a hero
- = द्रव्य (dravya)
- name of the wife of king Chandra-simha of Mithila and patroness of various authors
- name of a poetess
- name of another woman
Declension
Feminine ī-stem declension of लक्ष्मी | |||
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Nom. sg. | लक्ष्मी, लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmī, lakṣmīḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | लक्ष्म्याः, लक्ष्म्यः (lakṣmyāḥ, lakṣmyaḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | लक्ष्मी, लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmī, lakṣmīḥ) | लक्ष्म्यौ, लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyau, lakṣmyā) | लक्ष्म्यः (lakṣmyaḥ) |
Vocative | लक्ष्मि (lakṣmi) | लक्ष्म्यौ, लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyau, lakṣmyā) | लक्ष्म्यः (lakṣmyaḥ) |
Accusative | लक्ष्मीम्, लक्ष्म्यम् (lakṣmīm, lakṣmyam) | लक्ष्म्यौ, लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyau, lakṣmyā) | लक्ष्मीः, लक्ष्म्यः (lakṣmīḥ, lakṣmyaḥ) |
Instrumental | लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā) | लक्ष्मीभ्याम् (lakṣmībhyām) | लक्ष्मीभिः (lakṣmībhiḥ) |
Dative | लक्ष्म्यै, लक्ष्म्ये (lakṣmyai, lakṣmye) | लक्ष्मीभ्याम् (lakṣmībhyām) | लक्ष्मीभ्यः (lakṣmībhyaḥ) |
Ablative | लक्ष्म्याः, लक्ष्म्यः (lakṣmyāḥ, lakṣmyaḥ) | लक्ष्मीभ्याम् (lakṣmībhyām) | लक्ष्मीभ्यः (lakṣmībhyaḥ) |
Genitive | लक्ष्म्याः, लक्ष्म्यः (lakṣmyāḥ, lakṣmyaḥ) | लक्ष्म्योः (lakṣmyoḥ) | लक्ष्मीणाम् (lakṣmīṇām) |
Locative | लक्ष्म्याम्, लक्ष्म्यि (lakṣmyām, lakṣmyi) | लक्ष्म्योः (lakṣmyoḥ) | लक्ष्मीषु (lakṣmīṣu) |
References
- “लक्ष्मी” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 457.
- Monier Williams (1899), “लक्ष्मी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0892.
- Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 259
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 713
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