The Ultimate Vampire Resource and Directory

Lakshmi "to perceive or observe" is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity (both material and spiritual), light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm.

She is said to bring good luck, and is believed to protect her devotees from all kinds of misery and money-related sorrows. The Hindu sacred texts, the Vedas, say she is the one who has the object and aim of uplifting mankind.

She is endowed with six auspicious and divine qualities, or Gunas, and also because She is the source of strength even to Lord Narayana. She is the consort of Vishnu and married Rama (in Her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and later Rukmini). All the wives of Krishna were forms of Lakshmi.

In Bengal, Lakshmi is considered to be a daughter of Durga along with her sister Saraswati, and her brothers Ganesha and Karthikeya.