لكشمی

लआमी lakshmī, s.f. Good fortune, good-luck, fortune, prosperity; wealth, riches; success, happiness; beauty, grace, loveliness, charm, splendour;—royal power, dominion; superhuman power;—a pearl;—name of the goddess of fortune and beauty (she is regarded as the wife of Vishṇu or Nārāyaṇ, and is one of the principal female deities of the Hindūs; she is also called Padmā, Kamalāand Śrī, and is supposed to be the Ceres of the ancients);—an epithet of Sītā, the wife of Rāma:—lakshmī-pati, s.m. 'The husband or lord of Lakshmīor Fortune,' a name of Vishṇu; lord or possessor of fortune or wealth, a wealthy man:—lakshmī-pūjā, s.f. 'The worship of Lakshmī,' name of a festival on the fifteenth day in the dark half of the month Kārtik, Sept.-Oct. (said to be celebrated, in modern times, by bankers and traders, to propitiate Fortune);—worship of Lakshmīby the bridegroom and bride after the bride has been brought to her father-in-law's house:—lakshmī-ćhāyā, s.f. 'Shadow (or protection or favour) of Lakshmī'; good fortune, prosperity, success:—lakshmī(kisī-ke) gharmeṅ ānāor utarnā, 'Fortune to come to the house' (of); to enjoy good fortune or prosperity, to prosper, thrive; to have a run of good luck:—lakshmī-nārāyaṇkarnā(-ko), To offer (a meal, etc.) to Lakshmīand Nārāyaṇbefore commencing (to eat, etc.); to begin to eat (syn. bismillāh karnā):—lakshmī-vān, adj. (f. -vatī), Fortunate, prosperous, thriving; wealthy; handsome, beautiful.