Lakṣmī (English spelling)

Japanese: Lakṣmī(英語表記)Laksmi
Lakṣmī (English spelling)

…She is also called Kudokuten and can also be read as Kichijoten. In ancient Indian mythology, she is called Lakshmi (Śrī), the goddess of beauty, good fortune, and wealth. She is the wife of Vishnu and the mother of Kama, the god of love.

From 【Lotus】

…Some terracotta statues of the earth goddess from the Indus civilization are decorated with lotus flowers on their heads, and it has been pointed out that the lotus flower is associated with the symbol of the fertility of the earth and water, the womb of life. Furthermore, it is said that this type of mother goddess statue influenced the design of the later statues of the lotus goddess Lakṣmī. In the Qila (supplement) of the Rig Veda, there is a hymn to her, in which she is called "the one born from the lotus," "the one standing on the lotus," "the one who wears a lotus garland," and so on, and is praised as "the mother of living things, the earth." …

From the Vaishnavite sect

...The theology of this sect is often based on the philosophy of the Vedanta sect, and according to its theology, it has branched out into the Madhva sect, the Visnusvamin sect, the Nimbārka sect, the Ballābha sect, the Chaitanya sect, and others. (2) Pancarātra sect While the Bhāgavata sect has a strong Brahmanic color, this sect preaches a Tantric Visnuism and worships Vishnu as Nārāyaṇa and his divine consort Lakṣmī (Venerable God). The process of its establishment is not well known, but it is believed that the sect's sacred texts (which are said to number 108) began to be created around the 7th century. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lakṣmī" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…功徳天(くどくてん)ともいい,〈きちじょうてん〉とも読む。インド古代神話ではラクシュミーLakṣmī(シュリーŚrī)といわれ,美,幸運,富の女神である。ラクシュミーはビシュヌ神の妃で愛の神カーマの母とされる。…

【ハス(蓮)】より

…インダス文明のテラコッタ製地母神像の中には,頭部にハスの花の飾りをつけたものがあり,生命の母胎である水や大地の生産力の象徴とハスの花の結びつきが指摘されている。さらにこの型の母神像は後代の〈蓮女神〉ラクシュミーLakṣmī像の造形に影響を与えているともいわれる。《リグ・ベーダのキラ(補遺)》には彼女への賛歌があり,彼女は〈ハスより生まれた者〉〈蓮華(れんげ)に立つ者〉〈ハスの花輪を帯びる者〉などと呼ばれ,〈生類の母なる者,大地なり〉と賛嘆されている。…

【ビシュヌ派】より

…この派の神学はベーダーンタ派の哲学に基礎づけられることが多く,その神学別に,さらにマドバ派,ビシュヌスバーミン派,ニンバールカ派,バッラバ派,チャイタニヤ派などの支派が分岐した。(2)パンチャラートラ派 バーガバタ派がバラモン教的な色彩を濃くもつのに対して,この派はタントラ的(タントラ)なビシュヌ教を説き,ナーラーヤナNārāyaṇaとしてのビシュヌ,およびその神妃であるラクシュミーLakṣmī(吉祥天)を崇拝する。成立の過程はあまり明らかにされていないが,この派の聖典(108典あると伝えられる)は7世紀ころから作成されるようになったと考えられている。…

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