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[[Image:Ashthalakshmi - Star of Laxmi.svg|thumb|right|200px|Ashthalakshmi or Star of Lakshmi.]]<br />
The '''Star of Lakshmi''' is a [[Octagram#Regular star polygon compounds|special]] [[octagram]], a regular compound polygon, represented by [[Schläfli symbol]] {8/2} or 2{4}, made from two [[congruence (geometry)|congruent]] [[square]]s with the same center at 45° angles, and figures in [[Hinduism]], commonly attributed to ''[[Ashtalakshmi]]'' ({{lang-sa|अष्टलक्ष्मी}}, ''{{IAST|Aṣṭalakṣmi}}'', lit. ''Eightfold Lakshmi''), the eight forms, or "kinds of wealth", of the goddess [[Lakshmi]]. The figure was popularized by [[The Return of the Pink Panther]] where it is featured with the same name in the Lugash national museum portrayed in the movie.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072081/trivia|access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref><br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
The symbol is used by the band [[Faith No More]].{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Star of Ishtar]]<br />
* [[Rub El Hizb]] – Islamic character<br />
* [[Surya Majapahit]] – Used during [[Majapahit]] times to represent the [[Guardians of the directions|gods of the directions]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Mathworld | urlname=StarofLakshmi | title= Star of Lakshmi }}<br />
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