Star of Lakshmi

Short description: Octagram and symbol in Hinduism

Star of Lakshmi from The Return of the Pink Panther

The Star of Lakshmi is a special octagram, a regular compound polygon, represented by Schläfli symbol {8/2} or 2{4}, made from two congruent squares with the same center at 45° angles, and figures in Hinduism, commonly misattributed to Ashtalakshmi (Sanskrit: अष्टलक्ष्मी, Script error: The function "transl" does not exist., lit. Eightfold Lakshmi), the eight forms, or "kinds of wealth", of the goddess Lakshmi due to being called so in The Return of the Pink Panther .

## Contents

* 1 In popular culture
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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.[1]
* 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.[2]

## See also

* Leningrad Codex
* Star of Ishtar
* Rub El Hizb – Islamic character
* Surya Majapahit – Used during Majapahit times to represent the gods of the directions
* Kagome crest \- can be either a 6-pointed star and an 8-pointed star.

## References

1. ↑ The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) - IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072081/trivia, retrieved 2020-12-23
2. ↑ "The Faith No More logo". faithnoman.com. http://faithnoman.com/faith-no-more-logo.

## External links

* Weisstein, Eric W.. "Star of Lakshmi". http://mathworld.wolfram.com/StarofLakshmi.html.

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