Editing Lakshmi (section)

==Incarnations==
[[File:Scuola di bilaspur, vishnu e lakshmi, 1810 ca.jpg|thumb|upright|Miniature painting of Vishnu and Lakshmi]]

Throughout various texts and scriptures, Lakshmi incarnated as the following:

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* [[Vedavati]] – Vedavati is the possessor of the Vedas and is also considered the previous birth of goddess Sita.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rViYDwAAQBAJ&dq=vedavati+goddess+of&pg=PA601 |isbn=978-0-691-18292-6 | title=The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume VII: Uttarakāṇḍa | date=11 September 2018 | publisher=Princeton University Press }}</ref>
* [[Bhumi (goddess)|Bhumi]] – Bhumi is the goddess of the Earth and the consort of Vishnu's 3rd avatar [[Varaha]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Duffy |first1=Michelle |chapter=Social inclusion, social exclusion and encounter |date=2017-08-07 |title=Festival Encounters |pages=83–93 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |last2=Mair |first2=Judith |doi=10.4324/9781315644097-8 |isbn=978-1-315-64409-7}}</ref> She is regarded as the mother of [[Narakasura]], [[Mangala]] and Sita.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mani |first=Vettam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 |title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature |date=2015-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0597-2 |pages=142 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Varahi]] – Varahi is the female energy and consort of Varaha. She is the commander of the [[Matrikas]].<ref>Kinsley p. 156, Devi Mahatmya verses 8.62</ref>
* [[Pratyangira]] – Pratyangira is the consort of [[Narasimha]] and the pure manifestation of the wrath of [[Tripura Sundari|Tripurasundari]].<ref name="Cyril orji">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GrIWEAAAQBAJ&dq=vaishnavi+matrika+consort+of+vishnu&pg=PT220 |title=An Introduction to Religious and Theological Studies, Second Edition |publisher=Cyril orji |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-5326-8593-4 |language=English}}</ref>
* [[Namagiri Thayar]] – Namagiri Thayar is the consort of Narasimha, 4th avatar of Vishnu.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29757426 | jstor=29757426 | title=Nr̥siṁha Cave Temple at Nāmakkal: Its Iconographical Significance | last1=Rajan | first1=V. G. | journal=East and West | date=19 February 1999 | volume=49 | issue=1/4 | pages=189–194 }}</ref>
* Dharani – Dharani is the wife of sage [[Parashurama]], the 6th avatar of Vishnu.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Coulter|first1=Charles Russell |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sEIngqiKOugC&q=Dharani&pg=PA285|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities |last2=Turner |first2=Patricia |date=2013-07-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-96390-3|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sita]] – Sita is the female protagonist of the Hindu epic ''[[Ramayana]]'' and the consort of [[Rama]], Vishnu's 7th avatar.<ref>{{cite book|title= Pure Gems of Ramayanam|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CJe9BAAAQBAJ&dq=sita+goddess+of+purity+mother+goddess&pg=PA213|author= Krishnan Aravamudan| date=22 September 2014 |page= 213| publisher=PartridgeIndia |isbn=978-1-4828-3720-9}}</ref> She is the chief goddess of the [[Ramanandi Sampradaya|Rama-centric]] Hindu traditions and is the goddess of beauty, devotion and ploughshare.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/sita.pdf |title= सीतोपनिषत् (Sita Upanishad)|access-date=28 January 2016| language = sa|last= Hattangadi| first= Sunder| year= 2000 }}</ref>
* [[Radha]] – Radha is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gokhale |first1=Namita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWJ7DwAAQBAJ&dq=Finding+Radha%3A+The+Quest+for+Love&pg=PT8 |title=Finding Radha: The Quest for Love |last2=Lal |first2=Malashri |date=2018-12-10 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5305-361-1 |language=en |quote="Like Sita, Radha is also a manifestation of Lakshmi."}}</ref> She is the eternal and chief consort of Krishna and she is also the personification of [[Prakṛti|Mūlaprakriti]], who is the feminine counterpart and internal potency (''hladini [[shakti]]'') of [[Krishna]], Vishnu's 8th avatar.<ref name="Diana Dimitrova 2018">{{cite book|title=Divinizing in South Asian Traditions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HHbtAEACAAJ |author=Diana Dimitrova|publisher=Routledge |year=2018|isbn=978-0-8153-5781-0|quote="Radha is mentioned as the personification of the Mūlaprakriti, the "Root nature", that original seed from which all material forms evolved"}}</ref>
* [[Rukmini]] – Rukmini is the first and supreme queen of Krishna. She is the goddess of fortune and the queen of [[Dvaraka]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/rukminisha-vijaya-1-sri-vadiraja-tirtha-t.-s.-raghavendran |title=Rukminisha Vijaya - 1 - Sri Vadiraja Tirtha, T.S.Raghavendran |pages=31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhandarkar |first=Ramkrishna Gopal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5zKrCIBmBwC&dq=rukmini+chief+consort&pg=PA161 |title=Vaiṣṇavism, Ṡaivism and Minor Religious Systems |date=1987 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0122-2 |pages=21 |language=en |quote="expressed a desire for as good a son as Rukmini, his chief consort, had."}}</ref>
* [[Jambavati]] – Jambavati is the second queen of Krishna.<ref>[http://vedabase.net/sb/10/83/9/en1 Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 83 Verse 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927085815/http://vedabase.net/sb/10/83/9/en1 |date=27 September 2013 }}. Vedabase.net. Retrieved on 2013-05-02.</ref>
* [[Satyabhama]] – Satyabhama is the third queen of Krishna and personification of goddess Bhumi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/hv_1_38.html |title=Harivamsa ch.38, 45-48}}</ref>
* [[Yamuna in Hinduism|Kalindi]] – Kalindi is the fourth queen of Krishna and is worshipped as river goddess Yamuna.<ref>{{citation|last=Dalal|first= Roshen |title=The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&pg=PA398|year=2010|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341517-6}}</ref>
* [[Nagnajiti]] – Nagnajiti is the fifth queen of Krishna and the personification of [[Niladevi]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajan |first=K. V. Soundara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLAltYhW-JQC&dq=Radha+niladevi&pg=PA17 |title=Secularism in Indian Art |date=1988 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-245-1 |pages=17 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mitravinda]] – Mitravinda is the sixth queen of Krishna.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2017-04-28 |title=Mitravinda, Mitravindā, Mitra-vinda: 7 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/mitravinda |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Lakshmana (Krishna's wife)|Lakshmana]] – Lakshmana is the seventh queen of Krishna.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Five Ques married by Krishna|url=http://krsnabook.com/ch58.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322132816/http://krsnabook.com/ch58.html|archive-date=22 March 2021|publisher=Krishnabook.com|accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref>
* [[Bhadra (Krishna's wife)|Bhadra]] – Bhadra is the eighth queen of Krishna (varies) .<ref>{{cite book|author=Horace Hayman Wilson|title=The Vishńu Puráńa: a system of Hindu mythology and tradition|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RO8oAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=20 February 2013|year=1870|publisher=Trübner|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RO8oAAAAYAAJ/page/n85 82]–3}}</ref>
* [[Ashtabharya|Madri]] – according to Harivamsa Madri is the eighth queen of Krishna.<ref>name=Harivamsha>{{Cite web|url=http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/vishnuparva/hv_2_103.html|title= Harivamsha Maha Puraaam - Vishnu Parvaharivamsha in the Mahabharata - Vishnuparva Chapter 103 - narration of the Vrishni race|accessdate=25 January 2013|publisher=Mahabharata Resources Organization}}</ref>
* [[Gopi]]s – Gopis are considered as the consorts and devotees of Krishna, and expansion of goddess Radha, among all the Gopi devotees of [[Radha Krishna]], [[Lalita Sakhi|Lalita]] is the most prominent.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jestice |first=Phyllis G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5cQH17-HnMC&dq=Gopis+incarnations+radha&pg=PA316 |title=Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia |date=2004 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-355-1 |pages=316–317 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Junior wives of Krishna]] – They were several thousand women, Krishna married after rescuing them from the demon [[Narakasura]], [[Rohini (Krishna's wife)|Rohini]] was considered the chief queen of them all.<ref>{{cite book | last = Mani | first = Vettam | title = Puranic Encyclopaedia: a Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature | url = https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft | publisher = Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |date=1975 |publication-place=Delhi |isbn=978-0-8426-0822-0 | author-link = Vettam Mani|page = [https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/page/531 531]}}</ref>
* [[Revati]] – Revati is the goddess of Opulence and the wife of [[Balrama]], who is considered as Vishnu's avatar in some traditions.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOV8DwAAQBAJ&dq=revati+goddess&pg=PA437 | title=Ganges: The Many Pasts of an Indian River |isbn=978-0-300-24267-6 | last1=Sen | first1=Sudipta | date=8 January 2019 | publisher=Yale University Press }}</ref>
* Vatikā – Vatikā is the wife of sage [[Vyasa]], who is considered as a partial incarnation of Vishnu.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Bruce M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XO3Im3OMi8C&q=birth+date+of+Vyasa|title=Seer of the Fifth Veda: Kr̥ṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa in the Mahābhārata|date=1999|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-1676-3|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Padmavati (Hinduism)|Padmavati]] – Padmavati is the consort of [[Venkateswara]], an avatar of Vishnu. She is the goddess of [[Tirupati]].<ref>Sri Ramakrishna Dikshitulu and Oppiliappan Koil Sri Varadachari Sathakopan. [http://www.srihayagrivan.org/ebooks/031_sva_v1p1.pdf ''Sri Vaikhasana Bhagavad Sastram (An Introduction)''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203070421/http://www.srihayagrivan.org/ebooks/031_sva_v1p1.pdf |date=3 December 2008 }}, pp. 16</ref>
* [[Bhargavi]] – Bhargavi is the daughter of sage [[Bhrigu]] and is wife [[Khyati]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pattanaik |first=Devdutt |date=2020-11-13 |title=Bhrigu: The Father of Fortune |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhrigu-the-father-of-fortune/articleshow/79213947.cms |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
* [[Vaishno Devi]] – Vaishnavi is seen as the potency of Vishnu and is worshipped as a combined avatar of [[Mahakali]], [[Mahalakshmi]] and [[Mahasaraswati|Mahasarasvati]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izQ1EAAAQBAJ&dq=vaishno+devi+incarnation+of&pg=PA154 |title=Understanding Culture and Society in India |publisher=Springer Nature Singapore |year=2021 |isbn=978-981-16-1598-6 |language=English}}</ref>
* [[Ranganayaki]] – Ranganayaki is the chief consort of [[Ranganatha]], an avatar of Vishnu. She is the goddess of [[Srirangam]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Viswanatha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujdxCwAAQBAJ&dq=ranganayaki+visit&pg=PT68 |title=Theology and Tradition of Eternity: Philosophy of Adi Advaita |date=2016-01-15 |publisher=Partridge Publishing |isbn=978-1-4828-6982-8 |pages=68 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Andal]] – Andal is the consort of Ranganatha and the personification of Bhumi. She is the only female [[Alvars|Alvar]].<ref>{{cite book|author=S. M. Srinivasa Chari|title=Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Āl̲vārs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TwHhuZrZ-wC&pg=PA10|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-1342-7|pages=11–12}}</ref>
* [[Archi (Hindu goddess)|Archi]] – Archi is the consort of [[Prithu]], an avatar of Vishnu.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tapasyananda |first=Swami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dNyBDwAAQBAJ&dq=prithu+archi&pg=PA50-IA60 |title=Srimad Bhagavata – Volume 1 |publisher=Sri Ramakrishna Math(vedantaebooks.org) |language=en}}</ref>
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