Sri ( Skt. श्री , śrī IAST , “radiance, luck, happiness, prosperity”) - the goddess of royal power, luck and prosperity associated with fertility; in classical Hinduism - the epithet of the goddess Lakshmi .
First mentioned in Satapatha Brahman . In the Mahabharata, Sri is the wife of Indra , or rather, of any deva or asura who achieves the status of Indra, becoming the king of heaven. The earthly king was also thought of as her husband, confessing to the incarnation of Indra (the Pandava brothers - incarnations of Indra - have a common wife Draupadi - the incarnation of Sri). The image of Sri merges with Lakshmi (initially, apparently, the goddess of beauty and personal happiness); Sri Lakshmi is associated with the spouse ( sakti ) of Vishnu [1] .
In Indonesian Hinduism , particularly in Bali, Davy Sri (Sri) maintains an independent status as the Mother of Rice, the deity of rice fields and fertility [2] .
In India and partly in Southeast Asia, the epithet “Shri” is often used as part of the names of famous religious and philosophical teachers ( gurus ), saints and righteous (in this case, it can mean “great, venerable, high, famous, holy, blessed divine "). It also serves as a form of appeal, meaning "mister / mistress" [3] . In a similar sense, this word is used in the name of the state of Sri Lanka .
See also
- Devi
Notes
- ↑ Vasilkov, 1996 , p. 466.
- ↑ Bandilenko, 1996 , p. 214-215.
- ↑ Measures H. Styles of address: a manual of usage in writing and in speech. - Macmillan, 1962 .-- P. 136, 140.
Literature
- Bandilenko G. G. Hinduism in Southeast Asia // Hinduism. Jainism. Sikhism: Dictionary / Ed. ed. M.F. Albedil and A.M. Dubyansky . - M .: Republic , 1996 .-- S. 209-216. - 576 p. - ISBN 5-250-02557-9 .
- Vasilkov Y. V. Sri (Lakshmi) // Hinduism. Jainism. Sikhism: Dictionary / Ed. ed. M.F. Albedil and A.M. Dubyansky . - M .: Republic , 1996.- S. 466. - 576 p. - ISBN 5-250-02557-9 .
- Sri // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.