Shri Devi (or Shri) is a sobriquet for Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. Its usage dates to the late Vedic (proto-Hindu) era in circa 1000–500 BCE.
The beatific goddess has a third eye of wisdom (jñana netra), a foliate aureola (prabhavali), and wears a wreath with a floral medallion and standard jewelry. She holds a lotus in her left hand, and her right hand is raised in the gesture of reassurance (abhaya mudra). She squats on a now-eroded lotus base. Shri Devi is flanked on her right by a squatting male attendant figure holding a club or fly whisk (cauri or chowri). To her left is a donor figure with his hands held in the gesture of adoration (anjali mudra).
See also M.70.5.2, M.72.108.4, and M.78.10.4
