Kamala

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Kamala is a Hindu goddess associated with prosperity and the tantric form of Lakshmi, revered as one of the ten Mahavidyas.

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Label Occurrences
Kamala canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess
Mahavidya
aspectOf Adi Parashakti
Divine Mother
linked to: Adi Parashakti
associatedWith auspiciousness
fertility
prosperity
wealth
associatedWithConcept Shakta Tantra
linked to: Shakta Tantras

Sri Vidya
associatedWithDirection north in some tantric systems
associatedWithPlanet Venus (Shukra) in some traditions
belongsTo Hindu pantheon
colorAssociation golden
lotus-red
consortOf Vishnu
deityClass Mahavidya goddess
domain material prosperity
spiritual prosperity
epithetOf Lakshmi
linked to: Sri (Lakshmi)
equatedWith Lakshmi
linked to: Sri (Lakshmi)
formOf Lakshmi
linked to: Sri (Lakshmi)
gender female
iconographicAttribute flanked by elephants
holding lotuses
seated on a lotus
is tantric form of Lakshmi
memberOf Ten Mahavidyas
linked to: Mahavidyas
nameMeaning lotus
oneOf Dasha Mahavidya
linked to: Mahavidyas
quality benevolent
bestower of boons
religion Hinduism
symbol elephants
lotus
pots of gold
textualMention Shakta texts
Tantric scriptures
tradition Shaktism
worshipContext household prosperity rites
tantric rituals
worshippedAs goddess of beauty
goddess of fertility
goddess of prosperity
goddess of wealth
worshippedBy Vaishnavas (as Lakshmi aspect)
linked to: Sri (Lakshmi)

followers of Shaktism

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahavidyas member Kamala
Lakshmi epithet Kamala
subject linked to: Sri (Lakshmi)