lakzmI f. [ lakz-I muw ca Tv. ] 1 Fortune, prosperity, wealth; sA lakzmIrupakurute yayA parezAM Ki. 8. 13 ; mAtarlakzmi tava prasAdavaSato dozA amI syurguRAH Subhāṣ. , Bh. 3. 64 ; tfRamiva laGulakzmIrnEva tAn saMruRadDi Bh. 2. 17. 2 Good fortune, good luck. 3 Success, accomplishment; U. 4. 10. 4 Beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour; lustre; malinamapi himAMSorlakzma lakzmIM tanoti Ś. 1. 20 ; ( pb ) U. 6. 24 ; Māl. 9. 25 ; lakzmImuvAha sakalasya SaSAMkamUrteH Ki. 2. 59 , 5. 39 , 52 , 9. 2 ; Ku. 3. 49. 5 The goddess of fortune, prosperity and beauty, regarded as the wife of Viṣṇu. (She is said to have sprung from the ocean along with the other precious things or ‘jewels’ when it was churned for nectar by the gods and demons); iyaM gehe lakzmIH U. 1. 39. 6 Royal or sovereign power, dominion; ( oft. personified as a wife of the king and regarded as a rival of the queen); tAmekaBAryAM parivAdaBIroH sADvImapi tyaktavato nfpasya . vakzasyasaMGawwasuKaM vasaMtI reje sapatnIrahiteva lakzmIH .. R. 14. 86 , 12. 26. 7 The wife of a hero. 8 A pearl. 9 N. of turmeric. 10 Superhuman power. 11 N. of the eleventh digit of the moon. Comp. — ISaH 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 2 the mango tree. 3 a prosperous or fortunate man. — kAMtaH 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 2 a king. — gfhaM the red lotus-flower. — tAlaH a kind of palm. — nATaH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — patiH 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 2 a king; vihAya lakzmIpatilakzma kArmukaM Ki. 1. 44. 3 the betel-nut tree. 4 the clove tree. — putraH 1 a horse. 2 N. of Kuśa and Lava. 3 N. of Cupid or Kāma. — puzpaH a ruby. — pUjanaM the ceremony of worshipping Lakṣmī (performed by the bridegroom in company with his bride after she has been brought home). — pUjA the worship of Lakṣmī performed on the day of newmoon in the month of Āśvina (chiefly by bankers and traders whose commercial or official year closes on that day). — PalaH the Bilva tree. — ramaRaH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — vasatiH f. ‘Lakṣmī's abode’, the red lotus-flower. — vAMraH Thursday. — vezwaH turpentine. — saKaH a favourite of Lakṣmī. — sahajaH , — sahodaraH 1 epithets of the moon. 2 camphor. 3 N. of the horse of Indra.