श्री [ śrī ] [ śrī ]3 f. ( prob. to be connected with √ 1. [ śri ] and also with √ 1. [ śrī ] in the sense of " diffusing light or radiance " ; nom. [ śrī́s ] accord. to some also [ śrī ] ) light , lustre , radiance , splendour , glory , beauty , grace , loveliness ( [ śriyé ] and [ śriyaí ] , " for splendour or beauty " , " beauteously " , " gloriously " cf. [ śriyáse ] ; du. [ śriyau ] , " beauty and prosperity " ; [ śriya ātmajāḥ ] , " sons of beauty " i.e. horses ( cf. [ śrī-putra ] ) ; [ śriyaḥ putrāḥ ] , " goats with auspicious marks " ) Lit. RV. ( 1098,2 )

prosperity , welfare , good fortune , success , auspiciousness , wealth , treasure , riches ( [ śriyā ] , " according to fortune or wealth " ) , high rank , power , might , majesty , royal dignity (or " Royal dignity " personified ; [ śriyo bhājaḥ ] , " possessors of dignity " , " people of high rank " ) Lit. AV.

symbol or insignia of royalty Lit. Vikr. iv , 13

N. of Lakshmī (as goddess of prosperity or beauty and wife of Vishṇu , produced at the churning of the ocean , also as daughter of Bhṛigu and as mother of Darpa) Lit. ŚBr.

N. of Sarasvatī (see [ -pañcamī ] )

of a daughter of king Su-śarman Lit. Kathās.

of various metres Lit. Col.

( the following only in Lit. L. " a lotus-flower ; intellect , understanding ; speech ; cloves ; Pinus Longifolia ; Aegle Marmelos ; a kind of drug = [ vṛddhi ] ; N. of a Buddhist goddess and of the mother of the 17th Arhat " )

[ śrī ] m. N. of the fifth musical Rāga (see [ rāga ] ) Lit. Saṃgīt.

mfn. diffusing light or radiance , splendid , radiant , beautifying , adorning (ifc. ; see [ agni- ] , [ adhvara- ] , [ kṣatra- ] , [ gaṇa- ] , [ jana-śrī ] ) Lit. RV. iv , 41 , 8. ( The word [ śrī ] is frequently used as an honorific prefix (= " sacred " , " holy " ) to the names of deities (e.g. Śri-Durgā , Śrī-Rāma) , and may be repeated two , three , or even four times to express excessive veneration. (e.g. Śrī-śrī-Durgā ) ; it is also used as a respectful title (like " Reverend " ) to the names of eminent persons as well as of celebrated works and sacred objects (e.g. Śrī-Jayadeva , ŚrīBhāgavata) , and is often placed at the beginning or back of letters , manuscripts , important documents ; also before the words [ caraṇa ] and [ pāda ] " feet " , and even the end of personal names. )