lakṣmī́ f. (nom. ī́s, rarely ī́; also ifc. as mf., but n(i). ; cf. lakṣmīka) a mark, sign, token, [RV. x, 71, 2]; [Nir. iv, 10]
(with or without pāpī́) a bad sign, impending misfortune, [AV.]; [ĀpŚr.]
(but in the older language more usually with púṇyā) a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness (also pl.), [AV.] &c. &c.
wealth, riches, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.]
beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour, lustre, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
N. of the goddess of fortune and beauty (frequently in the later mythology identified with Śrī and regarded as the wife of Viṣṇu or Nārāyaṇa; accord. to [R. i, 45, 40]-[43] she sprang with other precious things from the foam of the ocean when churned by the gods and demons for the recovery of the Amṛta q.v.; she appeared with a lotus in her hand, whence she is also called Padmā; accord. to another legend she appeared at the creation floating over the water on the expanded petals of a lotus-flower, she is also variously regarded as a wife of Sūrya, as a wife of Prajā-pati, as a wife of Dharma and mother of Kāma, as sister or mother of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, as wife of Dattátreya, as one of the 9 Śaktis of Viṣṇu, as a manifestation of Prakṛti &c., as identified with Dākṣāyaṇī in Bharatāśrama, and with Sītā, wife of Rāma, and with other women), [ib.] (cf. [RTL. 103]; [108] &c.)
the Good Genius or Fortune of a king personified (and often regarded as a rival of his queen), royal power, dominion, majesty, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Rājat.]
a partic. verse or formula, [NṛsUp.]
N. of various plants (Hibiscus Mutabilis; Mimosa Suma; turmeric; a white Tulasī; = ṛddhi, vṛddhi, priyaṅgu, and phalinī), [L.]
of the eleventh Kalā of the moon, [Cat.]
of two kinds of metre, [Col.]
the wife of a hero, [L.]
= dravya, [L.]
a pearl, [L.]
N. of the wife of king Candra-siṃha of Mithilā and patroness of various authors (also called lakhamā, laṣamā, lakhimā or lachimā), [Cat.]
of a poetess, [ib.]
of another woman, [Śukas.]