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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 172, col. 1.
    alakṣmīḥ f. Evil fortune, bad luck, distress, poverty; kāmān dugdhe viprakarṣatyalakṣmīṃ U. 5. 31.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 232.
    alakṣmīḥ f. 1 Evil fortune, bad luck, distress, poverty; kāmān dugdhe viprakarṣatyalakṣmīm U.5.30. -2 The goddess of misfortune.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 120.
    alakṣmīḥ , strī, (na lakṣmī, nañatra virodhe .) naraka-
    devatā . tatparyyāyaḥ . nirṛtiḥ 2 . ityamaraḥ ..
    kālakarṇī 3 . iti śabdaratnāvalī .. kāla-
    karṇikā 4 . iti jaṭādharaḥ .. jyeṣṭhādevī 5
    iti pādmottarakhaṇḍaṃ .. tasyā vivaraṇaṃ jyeṣṭhāśabde
    draṣṭavyaṃ .. * .. dīpānvitāmāvāsyāyāṃ tasyāḥ pūjā-
    vidhiryathā . tatra pradoṣe ādau ācārādalakṣmī-
    pūjanaṃ . ityācāryyacūḍāmaṇiprabhṛtayaḥ .. gomaya-
    puttalikāṃ nirmāya vāmahastena kṛṣṇapuṣpaṃ gṛhītvā
    dhyāyet .
    “alakṣmīṃ kṛṣṇavarṇāṃ dvibhujāṃ kṛṣṇavastraparīdhānāṃ
    lauhābharaṇabhūṣitāṃ śarkarācandanacarccitāṃ gṛha-
    sammārjjanīhastāṃ gardabhārūḍhāṃ kalahapriyāṃ” . iti
    dhyātvā vimukhena “om̐ alakṣmyai namaḥ” ityanena
    nirmmālyena kṛṣṇapuṣpeṇa saṃpūjya praṇamet .
    “(om̐)alakṣmīstvaṃ kurūpāsi kutsitasthānavāsinī .
    sukharātrau mayā dattāṃ gṛhṇa pūjāñca śāśvatīṃ ..
    dāridryakalahapriye devi ! tvaṃ dhananāśinī .
    yāhi śatrorgṛhe nityaṃ sthirā tatra bhaviṣyasi ..
    yadi tvaṃ me mahābhāge prītā bhavasi sarvvadā .
    puttrabandhukalatreṣu kadācinnāgamiṣyasi ..
    gaccha tvaṃ mandiraṃ śatrorgṛhītvā cāśubhaṃ mama .
    madāśrayaṃ parityajya sthirā tatra bhaviṣyasi” ..
    tataḥ śūrpavādyena sīmānte tāṃ visṛjet .
    iti kṛtyacandrikā .. * .. kiñca, —
    “evaṃ gate niśīthe tu nārī ca svagṛhāṅganāt .
    alakṣmīśca vahiṣkāryyā amantrañca yathāvidhi” ..
    iti kṛtyatattvārṇavadhṛtabrahmapurāṇaṃ .. * ..
    “evaṃ gate niśīthe tu jane nidrārddhalocane .
    tāvannagaranārībhiḥ śūrpaḍiṇḍimavādanaiḥ ..
    niṣkāśyate prahṛṣṭābhiralakṣmīḥ svagṛhāṅganāt” ..
    iti nirṇayasindhau madanaratnadhṛtabhaviṣyapurāṇaṃ ..