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Śrī Lakşmi Goddess of Fecundity
Then she (Trisala, mother of the tirthankara) ...saw the goddess of famous beauty, Sri, on the top of Mount Himăvat, reposing on a lotus in the Lotus Lake, anointed with the water from
the large and powerful trunks of the guardian elephants.
-Kalpasūtrali
Lakşmi, the goddess of prosperity and beauty, is a popular figure amongst the Hindus and the Jains alike. She is known by many names: Padmā, Kamalā, Indirā —the lotus one', and Sri'the beautiful one'. In the Vedas, the goddess Lakşmi is praised as padma sambhava – 'lotus born', padmăkşi – 'lotus
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Detail: Lakpm in the southwest bay in the navacauld in the Lunavaadhi temple.
