Draft:Lokkhir panchali (The Ballad of Goddess Lakshmi)
There are various popular stories about Lakshmi in Bengal society. These stories are recited on the day of Lakshmi Puja in the form of Panchali. It is called Lakshmi Panchali. Among the Vratakathas of Lakshmi, the "Bruhaspatibar Vratakatha" is the most popular. Also in "Panchali of Baromas" there are references to many mythological stories about Lakshmi.
| Bratakatha and Panchali of Sri Srilakshmidevi | |
|---|---|
| Thursday's Vow | |
| Full title | Bratakatha and Panchali of Sri Srilakshmidevi |
| Also known as | Thursday's vow |
| Author(s) | someone from Barisal |
| Audience | Bengali Hindu society |
| Language | Bangla |
| Date | 18th-19th century AD |
| Provenance | Barisal Division, Bangladesh |
| State of existence | polynomial |
| Authenticity | a native of Barisal |
| Manuscript(s) | Oriental Library |
| Principal manuscript(s) | Oriental Library |
| Genre | Panchali Sahitya,Lakshmi Vratakatha |
| Verse form | Panchali or Panchapadi verse form |
| Subject | Vows of Lakshmi, a fictional story about the practice of Vows and Pujas of Goddess Lakshmi. |
| Setting | Sri Vishnu's Vaikuntha Pur, Mortyaloka's Avantinagar or Avanti Dham, Sri Nagar |
| Period covered | Medieval |
| Personages | Lakshmi Devi , Lord Narayan, Munivar Narada, Dhaneshwar Roy, Dhaneshwar Roy's Wife, Srinagar Merchant Merchant-Tanay |