deriv LSK ETT STT aSTA ALPH OLDHOMEPAGE NEWHOMEPAGE
The word **lakSmI- लक्ष्मीॱ means wealth, good looks, good luck, or the goddess thereof. So it has the same meanings as **zrI- श्रीॱ.
In the Rg, the /mahAbhArata, the /rAmAyaNa, and elsewhere, this base takes the endings as if it were an /ekAc, like **zrI- श्रीॱ, see —
saktum iva tita::unA punanto yatra dhIrA manasA vAcam akrata |
सक्तुमिव तितउना पुनन्तो यत्र धीरा मनसा वाचमक्रत ।
atrA sakhAyas sakhyAni jAnate bhadraiSAM lakSmIr nihitAdhi vAci ||
अत्रा सखायः सख्यानि जानते भद्रैषां लक्ष्मीर्निहिताधि वाचि ॥
rg 10.71.2
mahendraz ca kRto rAjA balim baddhvA mahAsuram |
महेन्द्रश्च कृतो राजा बलिं बद्ध्वा महासुरम्।
sItA lakSmIr bhavAn viSNur devaH kRSNaH prajApatiH ||
सीता लक्ष्मीर्भवान्विष्णुर्देवः कृष्णः प्रजापतिः ॥
he lakSmIH हे लक्ष्मीः
You may treat /lakSmI- as if it were a /GI-ender anyway, people will understand you fine.
sundarI lakSmI सुन्दरी लक्ष्मी "that Lakshmee is a cutie"
he lakSmi हे लक्ष्मि
Is doing that grammatical?
IDK, sorry. Maybe some sUtra or /vArttika allows or disallows doing that. If not so, then that's a mistake that people have been doing for centuries.