Star of Lakshmi
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The Star of Lakshmi is a complex {8/2} star figure (i.e. two squares with the same centre at 45° angles), and figures in Hinduism, where it represents Ashtalakshmi, the eight forms, or "kinds of wealth", of the goddess Lakshmi.
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[edit] In popular culture
This symbol appears prominently in the fictional Lugash National Museum portrayed in the 1975 film The Return of the Pink Panther.[1]
The symbol is used by the band Faith No More on their website www.fnm.com and other media from the band such as their 1985 album We Care a Lot.
[edit] See also
- Rub El Hizb, a similarly shaped Arabic character
[edit] References
- ^ CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics By Eric W. Weisstein, Published 2003, CRC Press, ISBN 1584883472, p.2840
[edit] External links
- Weisstein, Eric W., "Star of Lakshmi" from MathWorld.
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