Hindu Devotional Art Lakshmi Poster Goddess Luck Money

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Hindu Devotional Arts

Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity, purity, and generosity; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi (or Shri) are found also in Jain and Buddhist monuments, with the earliest archeological representation found in Buddhist monuments.

Lakshmi in Sanskrit is derived from its elemental form "lakS," meaning to perceive or observe. This is synonymous with laksya, meaning aim or objective. Lakshmi is thus goddess of the means to achieving objectives, including prosperity in the lives of humankind.

She is the consort of Vishnu and married Rama (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Rukmini and Radha).

Physically, goddess Lakshmi is described as a fair lady, with four arms, standing upon a lotus, dressed in fine garments and precious jewels, bestowing coins of prosperity and flanked by elephants signifying her royal power. Her expression is always calm and loving. The most striking feature of the iconography of Lakshmi is her persistent association with the lotus. The meaning of the lotus in relation to Shri-Lakshmi refers to purity and spiritual power. Rooted in the mud but blossoming above the water, completely uncontaminated by the mud, the lotus represents spiritual perfection and authority which rises above worldly contamination. Furthermore, the lotus seat is a common motif in Hindu iconography. The lotus also symbolizes the fertile growth of organic life, as the world is continually reborn on a lotus growing out of Vishnu's navel. Lakshmi is worshiped daily, but October is the special month. Her worship ceremonies include people offering food and sweets, chanting her 108 names, prayers repeated, and devotional songs sung.

Goddess Lakshmi's traditionally accepted vehicle, the owl (Ulooka in Sanskrit), is a bird that sleeps through the day and prowls through the night.

We seek to present and sell these works in the best condition possible. However, we must let everyone know these two things; First the posters are printed on a very thin paper in India, so they are a little more delicate than what we typically sell. Second, these prints have come to us by way of some very kind souls near the Himalayas - so they have been on quite a journey already.

We will ship these in protective sleeves with hard matt backing and with an info sheet - to describe the attributes of the deity depicted. In some cases the edges might be slightly folded or very minor wear might have occurred. We will always do our best to send you an art print in the best condition possible. If this is a strong concern of yours, please ask about any of these posters before making a purchase.

The image shown below in the description will be the exact poster you will receive - different auctions correspond to different pictures but have the same content to correspond with the same deity. Information presented will be primarily derived from the Wikipedia to present these deities as objectively as possible. What is for sale is a very high quality 11.5x16.5 inch reproduction.