Important Forms of Goddess Lakshmi

Important Forms of Goddess Lakshmi. Goddess Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity, wealth, and good fortune, is often depicted in various forms. 

Important Forms of Goddess Lakshmi

1) Ashta Lakshmi - Ashtalakshmi are the eight manifestations of Lakshmi. 

2) Padmavathi - the consort of the deity Venkateshvara, a form of Vishnu

3) Gajalakshmi - Elephant Lakshmi, also spelt as Gajalaxmi, is one of the most significant Ashtalakshmi aspects of the Hindu goddess of prosperity, Lakshmi

4) Lakshmi Narasimha - Consort of Narasimha

5) Lakshmi Narayana - Consort of Narayana 

6) Bhramari - regarded to be a form of Lakshmi in the Pancharatra texts

7) Jaganmata - also rendered as Lokamata, is primarily an epithet of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, the supreme goddess of Vaishnavism

8) Bhuvaneshvari - the Goddess, who rules over the universe

9) Dewi Sri - Hindu Goddess of rice and fertility, still widely worshiped on the islands of Java, Bali and Lombok, Indonesia

10) Durga - In the Narada Purana, Durga is associated as a form of Lakshmi. In the Garuda Purana and the Vishnu Purana, Lakshmi is considered Prakriti (Mahalakshmi) and is identified with three forms — Sri, Bhu and Durga. In Pancharatra texts such as the Lakshmi Tantra, Lakshmi has Durga as one of her forms and acquires the name Durga after killing the demon Durgamasura

11) Kamalatmika - one of the highest aspects of Mahadevi. considered to be the Tantric characterisation of the goddess of prosperity, Lakshmi

12) Kaushiki - According to the Lakshmi Tantra, Kaushiki is a manifestation of the goddess Lakshmi.

13) Kisshōten

14) Niladevi - also rendered as Neela Devi or Nappinnai, is a Hindu goddess, and a consort of the preserver deity Vishnu, along with Sridevi and Bhudevi.

15) Radha - also called Radhika, the chief consort of the god Krishna, Radha is an avatar of Lakshmi.

16) Ranganayaki - the chief consort of Ranganatha, the tutelary deity of Srirangam.

17) Revati

18) Rukmini

19) Archi (Hindu goddess)

20) Shakambhari

21) Sita

22) Vaikuntha Kamalaja

23) Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshvari

24) Mahadevi - Various texts like the Garuda Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and Lakshmi Tantra refer to Lakshmi as form of Mahadevi.