Editing Lakshmi (section)

===Epics===
In the Epics of Hinduism, such as in [[Mahabharata]], Lakshmi personifies wealth, riches, happiness, loveliness, grace, charm, and splendor.<ref name="mmwlak" /> In another Hindu legend about the creation of the universe as described in [[Ramayana]],<ref>Ramayana, i.45.40–43</ref> Lakshmi springs with other precious things from the foam of the ocean of milk when it is churned by the gods and demons for the recovery of {{IAST|Amṛta}}. She appeared with a lotus in her hand and so she is also called Padmā.<ref name="mmwlak" /><ref name=":0" />{{Rp|108–11}} Some scholars propose a theory that Sri and Lakshmi may have originally been different goddesses, who merged into one figure.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dalal|first=Roshen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrk0AwAAQBAJ&q=Shri+Lakshmi+Draupadi+Rukmini|title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide|date=2014-04-18|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-81-8475-277-9|language=en}}</ref>

[[Sita]], the female protagonist of the ''Ramayana'' and her husband, the god-king [[Rama]] are considered as [[avatar]]s of Lakshmi and Vishnu, respectively. 

In the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', [[Draupadi]] is described as an incarnation of Sri (Lakshmi).<ref name = "Draupadi as Goddess Sri">{{cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m18/m18004.htm| title=Svargarohanika parva|publisher=Sacred-texts.com | access-date=13 July 2015}}</ref> A later interpolation attempts to reinterpret Draupadi as [[Shachi]], associating Lakshmi instead with [[Rukmini]], the consort of [[Krishna]], who is an incarnation of Vishnu. However, scholars affirm that the original tradition identifies Sri with Draupadi, as evidenced in the Critical Edition.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Brodbeck|first1=Simon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56fr2p5f7l0C&q=Sri+Rukmini&pg=PA193|title=Gender and Narrative in the Mahabharata|last2=Black|first2=Brian|date=2007-08-09|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-11995-0|language=en}}</ref>