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SRI-LAKSMI 117 66 Various views are expressed on Sri's original nature.
In the opinion of several scholars, she is a fertility
goddess of pre-Aryan origin. In the (MGS II.13) a hymn
invokes the goddess to come to the worshipper in the
company of the nagas and the deities. 艣ri's association
with Kubera appears to have been no less ancient than that
with Indra. It is further pointed out that Bri is often
allied with Vaisravana in ancient texts. She was at one
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time also linked with the god Karttikeya. Thus the Gr岣�ya
s奴tras (Bodh膩yana Grhya sutra III.5, Manava Grhyas奴tra II.13,
India in the Vedic Kalpa-sutras, pp. 466-467), contain
instructions regarding ceremonies performed in the honour
of Sri and Sasthi on the fifth and sixth lunar day of the
bright fortnight respectively. In this manner, Sri's
association with some non-Aryan divinities supports her
original non-Aryan nature.
Another view which is perhaps not quite unconnected
with the previous one, is that the cult of this goddess
was closely associated with the cult of the great Mother-
-goddess represented in the nude female terracotta figurines
and stone rings from Indus Valley site, and from small rings
decorated with the figures of a nude goddess found from
Basarh, Takshasila, Tajgh艒t, etc. often associated with the
makara and other animals and birds.
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The interpretation of the term Sri has been a matter
of considerable speculation among scholars. According to
Danielou, the word Sri is found in the Vedas in the sense
of 'fortune*. 'Fortune' may not be originally connected
with 艣r墨.
Sri according to Rajmade means to shine, to
bloze. According to H. Von stietencron (Indische Sonnen-
priester, Comm 11.a) Sri's original identity = Iranian
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