Lakshmi
In Our Time: Religion
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The Symbolism of Luxmi
Through luxmi you can chart the ways in which indian society's kind of economic base actually is changing through time. That she has an agricultural side, that she is even said to reside in in cow dung. She 's also, in time, associated with material wealth, with gems, with coins. And indeed, still to day, it's the merchants of society who are particularly associated with her. A also that she's linked with royalty. So you've got these different sides of society and notions of what blessing is coming together.
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