Goddessess [sic] in Ancient India
Prithvi Kumar Agrawala
It is 'a charm to avert evil spirits of misfortune and wickedness, to remove ill- omened Lakshmis and to secure prosperity'.380 As observed by Prof. Gonda, 'AV I.18 is intended to drive away a lakshmi which is at the same time an arati: a kind of ...