TY  - GEN
T1  - Invoking Lakshmi : the goddess of wealth in song and ceremony
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Rhodes, Constantina Eleni, 1954-
LA  - English
PP  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
YR  - 2010
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocn704278458
AB  - Beautiful, beloved Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, happiness, and abundant good fortune. This fascinating book is the first comprehensive guide to this celebrated goddess, her worship, and the deeper spiritual domain of prosperity she reveals. Constantina Rhodes presents over five hundred elegantly translated Sanskrit verses, including devotional songs, mantras, visualizations, and ceremonial instructions that devotees use to invoke Lakshmi.
AB  - Rhodes uses these texts to develop a richly detailed portrait of Lakshmi, revealing unexpected dimensions of this enigmatic deity. Even as Lakshmi is best known as a goddess of wealth and well-being, she also maintains a strong esoteric presence, expressing herself as Siddhi, the magnificent Tantric goddess of spiritual power, and as Kundalini Shakti, the transformative cosmic force that exists within each individual. These identities express the "prosperity consciousness" that is the essential nature of the goddess and the divine source of all wealth. Invoking Lakshmi is not only a matter of calling upon the external form of the goddess but also of aligning one's consciousness with the very essence of prosperity. --Book Jacket
OP  - 279
CN  - BL1225.L32 R46 2010eb
SN  - 9781441687005
SN  - 1441687009
SN  - 1438433220
SN  - 9781438433226
SN  - 9781438433219
SN  - 1438433212
KW  - Lakshmī : (Hindu deity) : Cult.
KW  - Lakshmī : (Hindu deity) : Prayers and devotions : History and criticism.
KW  - Lakshmī : (Hindu deity)
KW  - Hindu hymns : History and criticism.
KW  - Hymnes hindous : Histoire et critique.
KW  - RELIGION : Hinduism : Theology.
KW  - Hindu hymns
KW  - Cults
KW  - Prayers and devotions
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -