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	Lakshmi
		She was born in 1835 as Manubai and married to the Raja of Jhansi in 1842.
		In 1853, Lakshmi and her ailing husband adopted a son, Damodar Rao, according to Hindu law.
		Lakshmi Bhai became a magnet for leaders of the anti-British movement that culminated in open rebellion against the British known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
	www.greenlightwrite.com /Lakshmi.htm (812 words)

	Lakshmi Goddess of Fortune
		Goddess Lakshmi is the consort and shakti, or potency, of Lord Vishnu.
		Lakshmi, or Sri when she is especially known as the goddess of beauty (though sometimes considered to be separate entities), is the Goddess of fortune, wealth, power, and loveliness.
		Lakshmi is seen as exceptionally beautiful, standing on a lotus with four hands, two of which hold lotus flowers, and the lower right offering blessings of fortune, and the lower left held in the upright mudra or posture of benediction or blessings.
	www.stephen-knapp.com /lakshmi_goddess_of_fortune.htm (1080 words)

	Lakshmi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Puranic Hinduism Lakshmi is the Mother of the Universe and Vishnu's Shakti.
		Lakshmi is married to Vishnu, and also married his incarnations Rama (in her incarnation as Sita), Krishna (as Rukmini) and Venkateshwara (as Alamelu).
		Because of this, Lakshmi is also called the daughter of the sea; since the moon also appeared from the ocean during the churning, the moon is called her brother.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lakshmi (1200 words)

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		Lakshmi is considered an alternate form of Devi.
		Lakshmi is married to Vishnu, and also married his incarnations Rama (in her incarnation as Sita), Krishna (as Rukmini) and Venkateshwara (as Padmavati.) Lakshmi has a son named Kama.
		Lakshmi evolved from the Milky Ocean, when gods and demons churned it for amrita, the divine nectar, along with a host of other items like, hälähala [cosmic poison,] Chandra [the Moon,] kalpa vriksha [benevolent divine tree,] and the medicinal sage-god Dhanvantari holding the golden pot of amrita.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lakshmi.html (225 words)

	Indian Heritage - Hindu Gods - Lakshmi
		The Lakshmi temples in Maharashtra and the Chennai Ashta Lakshmi temple are shrines dedicated mainly to Goddess Lakshmi.
		Goddess Lakshmi is the deity most associated with the lotus to indicate that while we should enjoy the wealth and prosperity showered by her we should try not to be too attached to material wealth.
		Amritakalasam: signifies that Goddess Lakshmi is the bestower of the immortality.
	www.saigan.com /heritage/gods/lakshmi.htm (493 words)

	Laksmi / Laxmi
		Lakshmi is everywhere: in jewels, in coins, in rare shells, in every child born to welcoming parents, and particularly in cows.
		Some stories say that Lakshmi sprang up from the ocean when it was churned by the gods, emerging like a jewel in all her beauty and power, covered with necklaces and pearls, crowned and braceleted, her body fat and golden.
		Many interpreters see the variant legends as recording Lakshmi's preeminence in pre-Aryan India, where she was goddess of the earth and its fructifying moisture, and her later incorporation into Vedic theology when her worshipers would not abandon their devotion to the lotus goddess.
	www.hranajanto.com /goddessgallery/laksmi.html (320 words)

	Lakshmi by Paul Heussenstamm (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth and prosperity, both material and spiritual.
		Lakshmi is depicted as a beautiful woman of golden complexion, with four hands, sitting or standing on a full-bloomed lotus and holding a lotus bud, which stands for beauty, purity and fertility.
		Lakshmi is one of the mother goddesses and is addressed as mata (mother) instead of just devi (goddess).
	60sfurther.com /Guest-Paul6.htm (842 words)

	A Tribute to Lakshmi Knight (Site not responding. Last check: )
		LAKSHMI, dancer, represents a family tradition of bharata natyam which has been regarded as the repository of the art of the Tanjavur royal court of South India for ten generations.
		Lakshmi is among a very few artists who are striving to keep alive the bharata natyam tradition as it was codified at the Tanjavur court in the early nineteenth century.
		Lakshmi will improvise these narrative portions of the concert, often repeating lines of text, and through appropriate gestures and facial expressions presenting interpretations that shift from the literal to the metaphoric.
	jgetter.web.wesleyan.edu /lakshmi.html (1009 words)

	Hindu Goddess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sri, commonly known as Lakshmi and also called Sri Lakshmi, is one of the most popular and widely worshiped Goddess in Hindu tradition since pre-Buddhist period.
		The earliest legend states that Sri is born as a result of austerities of Prajapati, and she represents ten qualities and objects, namely, food, royal power, universal sovereignty, noble rank, power, holy luster, kingdom, fortune, bounteousness, and beauty.
		By the late epic period (400 AD), Lakshmi became associated with Vishnu, and emerged as his wife or consort, and acquired, in addition to her earlier attributes, characteristics of a model wife..
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hindu_Goddess (1984 words)

	MANTRA ON NET : Lakshmi- The Glorious Goddess
		Lakshmi alone acts, and the impression throughout the cosmogony is that she acts independently of Vishnu, although it is stated that she acts according to his wishes.
		Although Lakshmi has been elevated functionally to a position of supreme divinity in the Pancaratra school and has been identified with various philosophic absolutes, she retains her nature as the goddess who both imbues creatures with illustriousness and well-being and pervades the creation as the sap of existence.
		Lakshmi is worshiped throughout the year in a variety of festivalsP0 and she is the constant object of vratas, "religious vows," by means of which devotees ask her for a blessing in return for undertaking some act of devotion or piety on her behalf.
	www.mantraonnet.com /laxmi2.html (6102 words)

	Hindu Goddesses : Lakshmi - Hindu Goddess
		Lakshmi was the daughter of the sage Bhrigu and took refuge in the ocean of milk when the gods were sent into exile.
		Lakshmi was reborn during the Churning of the Ocean.
		Lakshmi often expresses her devotion to Vishnu by massaging his feet as he lies on the coils of the snake Shesha.
	www.sanatansociety.org /hindu_gods_and_goddesses/lakshmi.htm (658 words)

	Lakshmi by Paul Heussenstamm
		The word ''Lakshmi'' is derived from the Sanskrit word Laksme, meaning "goal." Lakshmi, therefore, represents the goal of life, which includes worldly as well as spiritual prosperity.
		Lakshmi is depicted as a beautiful woman of golden complexion, with four hands, sitting or standing on a full-bloomed lotus and holding a lotus bud, which stands for beauty, purity and fertility.
		Lakshmi is one of the mother goddesses and is addressed as mata (mother) instead of just devi (goddess).
	www.60sfurther.com /Guest-Paul6.htm (842 words)

	Top Chef: Padma Lakshmi's Bio is Available Online - Official Bravo TV Site
		Lakshmi is known internationally as an actress and award-winning writer.
		Lakshmi has also hosted a documentary series called "Planet Food" (broadcast on The Food Network and worldwide Discovery Channel), in which she journeyed to countries such as Spain and India.
		Lakshmi is also an accomplished writer and the author of Easy Exotic for Miramax Books for which she won the International Versailles Event for best cookbook by a first time writer.
	www.bravotv.com /Top_Chef_2/bios/padma_lakshmi.shtml (514 words)

	Lakshmi - Simple English Wikipedia
		Lakshmi is the goddess of money and good luck in Hinduism.
		Lakshmi has four arms, fair skin and sits on a lotus flower.
		She also has several avataras (means a god coming to the earth in the form of a human being or in any other form) who are usually married to Vishnu's avatars:
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lakshmi (170 words)

	Lakshmi Pictures of Paintings of Lakshmi
		If you would like to know more on Lakshmi click "The Hindu Goddess Lakshmi".
		Durga - Lakshmi - Kali - Shakti - Sita - Saraswati - Ganga - Mahavidyas - Maya - Parvati - more...
		Shiva and Shakti or Parvati - Vishnu and Lakshmi - Krishna and Radha - Krishna and Yashoda - Sita and Ram - more...
	www.sanatansociety.com /indian_art_galleries/hgs_lakshmi_paintings.htm (584 words)

	Lakshmi and Saraswati - Tales in Mythology and Art
		Their connection with Lakshmi perhaps springs from the fact that they were notable for a propensity for collecting, guarding and distributing wealth.
		Lakshmi’s association with so many different male deities and with the notorious fleetingness of good fortune earned her a reputation for fickleness and inconstancy.
		As for lakshmi there are two meanings of the word one stands for wealth and one stands for wife(wife who makes or breaks the domestic life, in our case makes it) Lakshmi in a monitary sense belongs to everyone but in a spirtual sense only belongs to lord vishnu.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /lakshmiandsaraswati.htm (3388 words)

	Self-Healing Expressions - goddess lakshmi wealth
		It is said Goddess Lakshmi was born, fully-grown, on a pink lotus that rose from the milky sea.
		Lakshmi reincarnates with him in all human lifetimes and because of this is also seen as a role model for undying love.
		In fact, if you allow Lakshmi to be present in your life, you just might find she elevates you to a higher state of being and living.
	www.selfhealingexpressions.com /goddess_lakshmi_wealth.shtml (1687 words)

	Lakshmi
		Lakshmi is worshipped as the consort of Vishnu the protector.
		Lakshmi is said to represent everything that is beautiful and bountiful in nature and is the source of power, pleasure and prosperity.
		Lakshmi is also enshrined symbolically in the chest of Vishnu's image in the sancta of most South Indian Vaishnavite temples and a sandal paste impression of Lakshmi's image is offered to devotees upon request.
	www.templenet.com /beliefs/lakshmi.htm (502 words)

	Phylosophy
		Lakshmi cosmetics are particularly pure and nutritious and keep skin fresh and lively.
		LAKSHMI is proud to offer these new herbal extracts obtained from a new procedure with certified vegetal glycerin.
		LAKSHMI'S products are divided according to their dosha, or Ayurvedic type, whether Vata, Pitta or Kapha to create an internal balance fundamental for health and beauty.
	www.lakshmi.it /en/filosofia.htm (709 words)

	Mahavishnu, Lakshmi, blessings of Lakshmi, Goddess Lakshmi’s, Diwali lakshmi.
		Lakshmi is said to dwell on the waters with her husband Vishnu on the bed made of serpent Sesh.
		Lakshmi representing prosperity and Ganesha being the remover of obstacles, people also believe, if not hope, that there will be no obstacles to their gaining lots of wealth.
		Lakshmi is generally believed to ride her husband’s vehicle, the Garuda.
	www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/lakshmi.htm (838 words)

	Hindu Goddess of Wealth - Lakshmi
		Lakshmi is enchantingly beautiful, and is standing on a lotus holding lotuses one in each of her hands and is called Padma, or Kamala.
		If Lakshmi is pictured as dark in complexion, it is to show that she is the consort of Vishnu, the dark god.
		In the North of India, Lakshmi is worshipped on the occasion of Diwali (festival of lights) while in the South of India, she is worshipped on Vara Maha Lakshmi vratham day, the first Friday of the month of Shravan.
	www.eaglespace.com /lakshmi.html (799 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: The Rediff Election Interview/ Lakshmi Parvathi
		Lakshmi Parvathi asked for 20 seats, but the BJP gave her just four, in spite of the fact that her party polled more votes than the BJP in the 1996 election.
		Crippled by a dwindling army of faithfuls, she is left with hardly anyone to carry on the fight against the chief minister.
		Lakshmi Parvathi does not hide her anger on the subsequent desertions from her party.
	www.rediff.com /news/1998/feb/10lp.htm (961 words)

	Lakshmi Voelker biography
		Lakshmi Chair Yoga was created in 1982 when one of her students was stricken with arthritis and could no longer get down on the floor to practice Yoga.
		Lakshmi was 18 when she took her first yoga class with Anjali in an adult education course in Amityville, Long Island, NY.
		The Goddess Lakshmi is the revered Goddess of Abundance and Prosperity.
	www.yogawithlakshmi.com /biography.php (348 words)

	Goddess Lakshmi
		Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth and prosperity, both material and spiritual.
		Goddess Lakshmi, therefore, stands for the goal of life, which includes worldly prosperity as well as spiritual prosperity.
		Seated on a lotus in the graceful Lalita Asana (one leg pendant and the other resting on a lotus flower), Devi Lakshmi being the Goddess of prosperity, is appropriately bedecked in a rich array of ornaments; including a ornamented crown, a profusion of necklaces and various bracelets and armlets.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /product/ZJ62 (348 words)

	Lakshmi
		In Hinduism, Lakshmi or Laxmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी;) is the goddess of wealth, light and fortune, as well as (secondarily) luck, beauty and fertility.
		Lakshmi evolved from the Milky Ocean, when gods and demons churned it for amrita, the divine nectar, along with a host of other items such as hälähala (cosmic poison), Chandra (the Moon), kalpa vriksha (benevolent divine tree), and the medicinal sage-god Dhanvantari holding the golden pot of amrita.
		Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped by those who wish for wealth or those who wish to preserve their wealth.
	www.thaiexotictreasures.com /lakshmi.html (679 words)

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