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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लक्ष्मीlakṣmīf.Fortune, prosperity, wealth; सा लक्ष्मीरुपकुरुते यया परेषाम् Ki.8.13; मातर्लक्ष्मि तव प्रसादवशतो दोषा अमी…

    [लक्ष्-इ मुट् च Uṇ.3.158,16]

    1. Fortune, prosperity, wealth; सा लक्ष्मीरुपकुरुते यया परेषाम् Ki.8.13; मातर्लक्ष्मि तव प्रसादवशतो दोषा अमी स्युर्गुणाः Subhāṣ; Bh.3. 64; तृणमिव लघुलक्ष्मीर्नैव तान् संरुणद्धि Bh.2.17.
    2. Good fortune, good luck.
    3. Success, accomplishment; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4. 1.
    4. Beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour; lustre; श्यामं सदापीच्यवयोऽङ्गलक्ष्म्या स्त्रीणां मनोज्ञं रुचिरस्मितेन Bhāg.1.19.28; मलिनमपि हिमांशोर्लक्ष्म लक्ष्मीं तनोति Ś.1.2; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.24; Māl.9.25; लक्ष्मीमुवाह सकलस्य शशाङ्कमूर्तेः Ki. 2.59;5.39,52;9.2; Ku.3.49.
    5. The goddess of fortune, prosperity and beauty, regarded as the wife of Viṣṇu. (She is said to have sprung from the ocean along with the other precious things or 'jewels' when it was churned for nectar by the gods and demons.); इयं गेहे लक्ष्मीः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.39; प्रत्यब्दं पूजयेल्लक्ष्मीं शुक्लपक्षे गुरोर्दिने । नापराह्ने न रात्रौ च नासिते न त्र्यहस्पृशि ॥ Skanda Parasmaipada
    6. Royal or sovereign power, dominion; (Often times personified as a wife of the king and regarded as a rival of the queen); तामेकभार्यां परिवादभीरोः साध्वीमपि त्यक्तवतो नृपस्य । वक्षस्यसंवट्टसुखं वसन्ती रेजे सपत्नीरहितेव लक्ष्मीः ॥ R.14.86;12.26.
    7. The wife of a hero.
    8. A pearl.
    9. Name of turmeric.
    10. Superhuman power.
    11. Name of the eleventh digit of the moon.
    12. Compound ईशः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    13. the mango tree.
    14. a prosperous or fortunate man.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कल्पः a particular period of time.

    • -कान्तः

      1. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
      2. a king.

    • -गृहम् the red lotus-flower.

    • -तालः

      1. a kind of palm.
      2. (in music) a kind of measure.

    • -नाथः an epithet of Viṣṇu.

    • -निकेतनम् the bathing with fragrant myrobalan powder.

    • -निरीक्षित Adjective favoured by Lakṣmī, rich; लक्ष्मीनिरीक्षिताः क्षिप्रं भजन्ते चक्रवर्तिताम् Bm.1.676.

    • -पतिः

      1. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
      2. a king; विहाय लक्ष्मीपतिलक्ष्म कार्मुकम् Ki.1.44.
      3. the betel-nut tree.
      4. the clove tree.

    • -पुत्रः

      1. a horse.
      2. Name of Kuśa and Lava.
      3. Name of Cupid or Kāma.
      4. a wealthy man.

    • -पुष्पः a ruby.

    • -पूजनम् the ceremony of worshipping Lakṣmī (performed by the bridegroom in company with his bride after she has been brought home).

    • -पूजा the worship of Lakṣmī performed on the day of newmoon in the month of Āśvina (chiefly by bankers and traders whose commercial or official year closes on that day).

    • -फलः theBilva tree.

    • -रमणः an epithet of Viṣṇu.

    • -वसतिः Feminine 'Lakṣmī's abode', the red lotus-flower.

    • -वारः Thursday.

    • -विवर्तः change of fortune.

    • -वेष्टः turpentine.

    • -सखः

      1. a favourite of Lakṣmī -सनाथ Adjective endowed with beauty or fortune. सहजः, सहोदरः epithets of the moon.
      2. camphor.
      3. Name of the horse of Indra.

    • -समाह्वया Name of Sītā; Latin D. B.

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  2. अलक्ष्मीalakṣmīf.Evil fortune, bad luck, distress, poverty; कामान् दुग्धे विप्रकर्षत्यलक्ष्मीम् U.5.3.
    1. Evil fortune, bad luck, distress, poverty; कामान् दुग्धे विप्रकर्षत्यलक्ष्मीम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.3.
    2. The goddess of misfortune.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. लक्ष्मीlakṣmī[laksh-mî́] f. (nm. -s) mark, token (RV.); ± pâpî, bad sign, misfortune (AV.); good sign (in V. gnly. w.…

    [laksh-mî́] feminine; also equal for (nominative -s) mark, token (Rig-veda); ± pâpî, bad sign, misfortune (Atharva-veda); good sign (in Veda, Vedic generally with púnyâ), (approach ing) good fortune; good genius of a king, royal dignity, glory; wealth; beauty, splendour: personified as goddess of prosperity and beauty (produced at the churning of the ocean, wife of Vishnu): -ka, --˚ adjective the same; -kânta, masculine epithet of Vishnu; -tva, neuter identity with Laksh mî (of Sîtâ); -dhara, masculine noun; -nâtha, masculine epithet of Vishnu; -pati, masculine king; epithet of Vishnu Krishna; -ramana, masculine epithet of Vishnu; -vat, adjective possessed of good fortune, lucky; hand some, beautiful; -vasati, feminine; also equal for dwelling of Lakshmî Equivalent to flower of the red lotus (Nelumbium speciosum); -sakha, masculine friend or favourite of fortune; -sena, masculine noun

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  2. अकृशलक्ष्मीakṛśalakṣmī[a-krisa-lakshmî] a. rich in beauty; very prosperous.

    [a-krisa-lakshmî] adjective rich in beauty; very prosperous.

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  3. अलक्ष्मीalakṣmī[a-lakshmî] f. evil destiny; a. cala mitous; -ka, a. unfortunate.

    [a-lakshmî] feminine; also equal for evil destiny; adjective cala mitous; -ka, adjective unfortunate.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लक्ष्मीlakṣmīf. (nom. /ईस्, rarely /ई; also ifc. as mf., but n(इ).; cf. लक्ष्मीक) a mark, sign, token RV. x, 71, 2 Nir. iv…
    1. feminine (nominative case /ईस्, rarely /ई; also in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' as mf., but n(इ).; confer, compare लक्ष्मीक) a mark, sign, token fg-veda x, 71, 2 Nir. iv, 10
    2. feminine (with or without पाप्/ई) a bad sign, impending misfortune AV. A1pS3r.
    3. feminine (but in the older language more usually with प्/उण्या) a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness (also plural) AV. etc.
    4. feminine wealth, riches Ka1v. Ra1jat.
    5. feminine beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour, lustre MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    6. feminine Name of the goddess of fortune and beauty (frequently in the later mythology identified with S3ri1 श्री and regarded as the wife of Vishn2u विष्णु or Na1ra1yan2a नारायण; according to to R. i, 45, 40-43 she sprang with other precious things from the foam of the ocean when churned by the gods and demons for the recovery of the Amr2ita अमृत quod vide; she appeared with a lotus in her hand, whence she is also called Padma1 पद्मा; according to to another legend she appeared at the creation floating over the water on the expanded petals of a lotus-flower, she is also variously regarded as a wife of Su1rya सूर्य, as a w wife of Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति, as a w wife of Dharma धर्म and mother of Ka1ma काम, as sister or mother of Dha1tr2i धातृ and Vidha1tr2i विधातृ, as w wife of Datta4treya दत्तत्रेय, as one of the 9 S3aktis शक्ति s of Vishn2u विष्णु, as a manifestation of Prakr2iti प्रकृति etc., as identified with Da1ksha1yan2i1 दाक्षायणी in Bharata7s3rama भरताश्रम, and with Si1ta1 सीता, wife of Ra1ma राम, and with other women) ibidem (confer, compare RTL. 103; 108 etc.)
    7. feminine the Good Genius or Fortune of a king personified (and often regarded as a rival of his queen), royal power, dominion, majesty Ka1v. Katha1s. Ra1jat.
    8. feminine a particular verse or formula Nr2isUp.
    9. feminine Name of various plants (Hibiscus Mutabilis; Mimosa Suma; turmeric; a white Tulasi1 तुलसी; Equivalent to ऋद्धि, वृद्धि, प्रियङ्गु, and फलिनी) Lexicographers
    10. feminine of the eleventh Kala1 कला of the moon catalogue or catalogues
    11. feminine of two kinds of metre Col.
    12. feminine the wife of a hero Lexicographers
    13. feminine Equivalent to द्रव्य Lexicographers
    14. feminine a pearl Lexicographers
    15. feminine Name of the wife of king Candra-sin6ha चन्द्र-सिंह of Mithila1 मिथिला and patroness of various authors (also called लखमा, लषमा, लखिमा or लछिमा) catalogue or catalogues
    16. feminine of a poetess ibidem
    17. feminine of another woman S3ukas.
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  2. अकृशलक्ष्मीakṛśalakṣmīmfn. enjoying full prosperity.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective enjoying full prosperity.

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  3. अतिलक्ष्मीatilakṣmīmfn. very prosperous
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective very prosperous
    2. feminine (ईस्) extraordinary prosperity.
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  4. अर्धलक्ष्मीहरिardhalakṣmīharim. "half Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी and half Hari हरि", one of the forms of Vishn2u विष्णु L. (cf. अर्ध-नारीणाते*श्वर…

    masculine gender "half Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी and half Hari हरि", one of the forms of Vishn2u विष्णु Lexicographers (confer, compare अर्ध-नारीणाते*श्वर a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) .

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  5. अलक्ष्मीalakṣmīf. evil fortune, bad luck, distress, poverty
    1. feminine evil fortune, bad luck, distress, poverty
    2. (masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective) causing misfortune S3a1n3khGr2.
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