[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.961 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.961](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.961) 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. - [Previous: c5.960](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.960) - [Next: c5.962](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.962) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (4) - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.961](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.961) · Pramāṇa