The Star of Lakshmi is a
special
Special or specials may refer to:
Policing
* Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force
* Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer
Literature
* ''Specia ...
octagram, a regular compound polygon, represented by
Schläfli symbol or 2, made from two
congruent squares with the same center at 45° angles, and figures in
Hinduism, commonly misattributed to ''
Ashtalakshmi
Ashta Lakshmi (Sanskrit: अष्टलक्ष्मी, IAST: Aṣṭalakṣmī; lit. "Octet of Lakshmi") or Ashtalakshmi, is a group of the eight manifestations of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity. She presides over eight sources of ...
'' ( sa, अष्टलक्ष्मी, ', lit. ''Eightfold Lakshmi''), the eight forms, or "kinds of wealth", of the goddess
Lakshmi
Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Al ...
due to being called so in
The Return of the Pink Panther .
In popular culture
*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.
*An eight-pointed star logo has been used by the band
Faith No More, although the creator said it was an homage to the
Symbol of Chaos.
See also
*
Star of Ishtar
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Rub El Hizb
The Rub-el-Hizb ( ar, ربع الحزب, '), also known as the Islamic Star, is an Islamic symbol. It is in the shape of an octagram, represented as two overlapping squares. It has been found on a number of emblems and flags. The main purpose of ...
– Islamic character
*
Surya Majapahit – Used during
Majapahit
Majapahit ( jv, ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀; ), also known as Wilwatikta ( jv, ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ; ), was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia) ...
times to represent the
gods of the directions
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Kagome crest
The Kagome crest or is a star-shaped emblem related to the kagome lattice design (Hexagonal and Octagonal lattices). The Kagome mon can be depicted as, either, a six-pointed star (a hexagram) and as an eight-pointed star (an octagram):
# Th ...
- can be either a 6-pointed star and an 8-pointed star.
References
External links
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Hindu symbols
Star symbols
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