As a deity name
Name 3 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 790 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 7 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 939 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
महालक्ष्मी · noun · feminine
लक्ष्मी देवी की एक मूर्ति का नाम · पुराणनुसार नारायण की एक शक्ति का नाम · एक वर्णिक वृत्त जिसके प्रत्येक चरण मे तीन रगण होते हैं । जैसे—(क) रात्रि द्यौसौ रहै कामिनी । पीव की जो मनोगामिनी । भाषती बोल वोलै अमी । जानेए सो महालक्ष्मी (ख) राधिका बल्लभै गाइ ले चित्रनी इंद्र से पाइ ले — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the gr˚ Lakṣmī (properly the Śakti of Nārāyaṇa or Viṣṇu, but sometimes identified with Durgā or with Sarasvatī; also N. of Dākṣāyaṇī in Kara-vīra), (cf. )
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Dictionary citations
mahā—lakṣmī f. the gr˚ Lakṣmī (properly the Śakti of Nārāyaṇa or Viṣṇu, but sometimes identified with Durgā or with Sarasvatī; also N. of Dākṣāyaṇī in Kara-vīra), Pañcar.; Kathās. (cf. RTL. 385)
N. of a girl 13 years old and not arrived at puberty (who represents the goddess Durgā at the D˚ festival), L.
of a woman, Cat.
a kind of metre, Col.
mahālakṣmī f. (-kṣmīḥ) SARASVATĪ the wife of BRAHMĀ. E. mahā great, and lakṣmī the goddess LAKṢMĪ.
Alternative readings
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