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[[File:Delhi-National Museum-Lakshmi Narayana-20131006.jpg|thumb|Sculpture of Lakshmi embracing Sriman Narayana]]<br />
'''Sriman''' ({{Lang-sa|श्रीमन्|lit=fortunate|translit=Śrīman}}) is an epithet of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] deity [[Vishnu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2015-12-01 |title=Shriman, Śrīman, Śrīmān, Śrimān: 7 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shriman |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> It refers to the deity being the possessor of [[Sri]], both referring to his consort [[Lakshmi]], the goddess of prosperity, as well as the material and non material aspects of fortune.<br />
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== Literature ==<br />
Sriman is a name of [[Vishnu]], and appears as the 22nd,<ref>[http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/vishnu-sahasranamam-meanings.htm Vishnu Sahasranamam]</ref> 178th, and the 220th names in the [[Vishnu sahasranama|Vishnu Sahasranama]].<br />
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According to [[Adi Sankara|Adi Shankara]]'s commentary on the [[Vishnu sahasranama|Vishnu Sahasranama]], Sriman means "One on whose chest Sri or [[Lakshmi]], mother of the world, always dwells."<br />
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Shriman [[Narayana]] is often used to invoke Vishnu in the [[Mantra|mantrams]] of [[Vedanta Desika]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kasturi |first1=Geeta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAvzBgAAQBAJ&dq=shriman+narayana&pg=PA44 |title=Understanding The Elemental Hindu Works |last2=N.V |first2=Kasturi |date=2013-02-06 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-291-31296-6 |pages=44 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}{{Hindu Culture and Epics}}<br />
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[[Category:Vaishnavism]]<br />
[[Category:Names of Vishnu]]</div>ImportMaster