A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.961
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.961
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LAKSHMĪ. The word occurs in the *Rig-veda* with the sense of good fortune, and in the *Atharva-veda* the idea has become personified in females both of a lucky and unlucky character. The *Taittirīya Sanhitā*, as explained by the commentator, makes Lakshmī and Srī to be two wives of Āditya, and the *Satapatha Brāhmana* describes Srī as issuing forth from Prajāpati.
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- Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit