[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.3217 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3217 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3217 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3217) Once a herd of cows was grazing in a large grassy ground when Lakṣmī happened to pass that way. Mahālakṣmī was pleased at the cows and bade them ask for any boon they wanted. The cows were prosperity incarnate and contented and they rejected the offer of Lakṣmī and when pressed again by her, said that they would like to have prosperity deposited in their dung also. Mahālakṣmī did so and even today it is believed that the cowdung is embedded with prosperity. - [Previous: c7.3216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3216) - [Next: c7.3218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3218) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3217) · Pramāṇa