Maha-laxmi / Durga

[Guest guest]

Dear devotees,

 

a few days ago I was surfing the web for information about Lakshmidevi, the

consort of Lord Vishnu. I found a website about Durgadevi in her Mahaa Lakshmi

form. Below her picture was this statement that a lot of people come to the

temple of Mahaa Lakshmi in the misguided belief that she is Lakshmidevi. So I am

quite confused now, I too used to think that Mahaa Lakshmi was the consort of

Lord Vishnu, not knowing that a form of the Devi Durga is also called Mahaa

Lakshmi. Can any of you devotees clear this up for me? Why is Durga also Mahaa

lakshmi? And how can you recognise either one of them, what attributes do they

carry?

 

Namaste

Reshma

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I heard some where that Shiva purana mentions Mahalaxmi as the

consort of Sadashiva. I dont know how true is this.

Mahalaxmi Durga is shown with 18 hands.

 

 

 

, jaybee <jaybee555> wrote:

> At 12:24 AM 8/16/01 +0200, you wrote:

> >Dear devotees,

> >

> >a few days ago I was surfing the web for information about

Lakshmidevi,

> the consort of Lord Vishnu. I found a website about Durgadevi in

her Mahaa

> Lakshmi form. Below her picture was this statement that a lot of

people

> come to the temple of Mahaa Lakshmi in the misguided belief that

she is

> Lakshmidevi. So I am quite confused now, I too used to think that

Mahaa

> Lakshmi was the consort of Lord Vishnu, not knowing that a form of

the Devi

> Durga is also called Mahaa Lakshmi. Can any of you devotees clear

this up

> for me? Why is Durga also Mahaa lakshmi? And how can you recognise

either

> one of them, what attributes do they carry?

> >

> >Namaste

> >Reshma

>

>

> The outward clarification can be obtained from

> the Rahasyathraiyam at the end of DEvI MAhAthmyam.

> But the matter is deeper - very very deep.

>

> Regards

>

> JayBee

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