ཤིས་པ་

ཤིས་པ། (Wyl. shis pa ) Pron.: shipa

• Skt. लक्ष्मीः, lakṣmī, Pron.: lakshmi. From Sanskrit: rarely | also | as | but | a mark, sign, token | with or without | a bad sign, impending misfortune | but in the older language more usually with | a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness | also | wealth, riches | beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour, lustre | N. of the goddess of fortune and beauty (frequently in the later mythology identified with Śrī and regarded as the wife of Vishṇu or Nārāyaṇa | to | she appeared with a lotus in her hand, whence she is also called Padmā | to another legend she appeared at the creation floating over the water on the expanded petals of a lotus-flower, she is also variously regarded as a wife of Sūrya, as a w w wife of Datta4treya, as one of the 9 Śaktis of Vishṇu, as a manifestation of Prakṛiti, as identified with Dākshāyaṇī in Bharatāśrama, and with Sītā, wife of Rāma, and with other women | the Good Genius or Fortune of a king personified (and often regarded as a rival of his queen), royal power, dominion, majesty | a •partic. verse or formula | N. of various plants | Hibiscus Mutabilis | Mimosa Suma | turmeric | a white Tulasī | and | of the eleventh Kalā of the moon | of two kinds of metre | the wife of a hero | a pearl | N. of the wife of king Candra-sin6ha of Mithilā and patroness of various authors | also called | or | of a poetess | of another woman [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW