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, Aṣṭalakṣmi, 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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