As a deity name
Name 20 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 883 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 478 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 984 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
लक्ष्मी · noun · feminine
हिंदुओं की एक प्रसिद्ध देवी जो विष्णु की पत्नी और धन की अधिष्ठात्री मानी जाती हैं — Śabdasāgara
लक्ष्मी · noun · feminine
एक प्रकार की संकर रागिनी जिसमें सब कोमल स्वर लगते हैं — Śabdasāgara
लक्ष्मी · lakshmī · s.f.
Good fortune, good-luck, fortune, prosperity; wealth, riches; success, happiness; beauty, grace, loveliness, charm, splendour — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 959
लक्ष्मी · feminine
Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity, and the consort of Lord Vishnu; a female given name, Lakshmi, from Sanskrit
लक्ष्मी · feminine
wealth
Cited formation "लक्ष्मी" is लक्ष्म + -ई: लक्ष्म means "चिह्न । निशान", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "लक्ष्मी" is लक्ष्म + -ई: लक्ष्म means "चिह्न । निशान", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi लक्ष्मी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- Sanskrit रक्ष् (rakṣ)? Sanskrit लक्ष् (lakṣ) Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī)bor. Hindi लक्ष्मी Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
lakṣmī f. (nom. īs, rarely ī; also ifc. as mf., but n(i). ; cf. lakṣmīka) a mark, sign, token, RV. x, 71, 2; Nir. iv, 10
(with or without pāpī) a bad sign, impending misfortune, AV.; ĀpŚr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness (also pl.), &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
lakṣmī f. (nom. īs, rarely ī; also ifc. as mf., but n(i). ; cf. lakṣmīka) a mark, sign, token, RV. x, 71, 2; Nir. iv, 10
(with or without pāpī) a bad sign, impending misfortune, AV.; ĀpŚr.
(but in the older language more usually with puṇyā) a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness (also pl.), AV. &c. &c.
wealth, riches, Kāv.; Rājat.
beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour, lustre, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
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