***SOURCE OF MAHALAKSHMI***
Mahalakshmi is the presiding Goddess of the Middle episode of Devi Mahatmya. Here she is depicted as Devi in her universal form as Shakti. The manifestation of the Devi to kill Mahishasura
is formed by the effulgences of all the gods. The Goddess is described
as eighteen armed bearing string of beads, battle axe, maze, arrow,
thunderbolt, lotus, bow, water-pot, cudgel, lance, sword, shield, conch,
bell, wine-cup, trident, noose and the discuss sudarsana. She has a
complexion of coral and is seated on a lotus. She is known as Ashta Dasa Bhuja Mahalakshmi.
Dasa Maha Vidya Kamalatmika
Mahavidya Kamalatmika, one of the Dasa Mahavidyas has the same iconography as Lakshmi. But here she is considered the ultimate reality.
Vishnu with Lakshmi (Lakshminarayana) Lakshmi
has many names. She is known to be very closely associated with the
Lotus, and her many epithets are connected to the flower, such as:
Padma: lotus dweller. - Kamala: lotus dweller.
- Padmapriya: One who likes lotuses
- Padmamaladhara devi: One who wears a garland of lotuses
- Padmamukhi: One whose face is as beautiful as a lotus
- Padmakshi: One whose eyes are as beautiful as a lotus
- Padmahasta: One who holds a lotus
- Padmasundari: One who is as beautiful as a lotus
Her other names include:RAMA, INDIRA,MANUSHRI,KAMALIKA,NANDIKA
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