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WOMAN AS GODDESS 

A symbol of the Wisdom principle, Buddhi, from which the higher emotions proceed.

"I (Lakshmi) reside in milk, butter, fresh grass, honey and sour milk; in the body of a married woman, in the frame of an unmarried damsel. . . . I reside in women who wear proper ornaments always, who are devoted to their husbands, whose speeches are kind." - Institutes of Vishnu, XCIX. 14, 21.

The "Goddess Lakshmi," being a symbol of the buddhic principle, the remaining symbols are found to signify the higher emotions in which buddhi resides. (The ancient writer gives a long and correct list of symbols of the buddhic emotions, only a few of which symbols are given above.)

 

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AMATERAsu
Armaiti
ATHENA
DEMETER
FRIGG
HATHOR
HERA OR JUNO
ISIS, GODDESS
ISTAR
LATONA
SITA
THETIS, GODDESS