Alakshmi

Shri Suktam

Alakshmi Devanāgari: अलक्ष्मी; from a roots अ a: "not" and लक्ष्मी Lakshmi: "goddess of fortune", figurative meaning "goddess of misfortune" meaning "not Lakshmi". She is transmitted as being “cow-repelling, antelope-footed, and bull-toothed." Or she “has dry shriveled up body, sunken cheeks, thick lips, and beady eyes and that she rides the donkey." She is not refers by cause in the Vedic, Upanishadic or early Puranic literature, but all aspects of Alakshmi match those of the Rig Vedic goddess Nirṛti. She is also said to be the shadow of Lakshmi. In Padma Purana, the cosmology includes her where the samudra manthan creates both improvement and bad of everything that emerges. That which is inauspicious and bad emerges first, more attempt creates the auspicious and good, according to Padma Purana. number one Alakshmi emerges, then Lakshmi appears during the Samudra manthan. Gods send Alakshmi to go dwell amongst pernicious persons, render them poverty and grief. She as the asura of inauspiciousness and grief is the opposite of Lakshmi who is the goddess of auspiciousness and joy. Alakshmi is sometimes referred to be another form of Jyestha. Alakshmi is also invited as Kalahapriya and Daridara, and the shadow opposite of Lakshmi.

According to Chakrabarty, “It was said that when she entered a household, Alakshmi brought jealousy and malice in her trail. Brothers fell out with regarded and identified separately. other, families and their male lineages kula faced ruin and destruction."

Alakshmi is thewife of demon Kali demon.