A proverb that light brings this quality is illustrated by a folktale about a boon granted to Suguṇî for returning an object dropped by a kite. In Penang, a sworn brotherhood venerates a god of this quality who transforms into a tiger and is named Tua Pek Kong. In a fable from the Panchatantra, a man’s idle thoughts about this quality lead him to break a jar of oil. A guardian of the north is often conflated with a god of this quality who holds a vomiting mongoose is conflated with Kubera. The four goals considered puruṣārtha (“poo-roo-SHAR-tha”) are dharma, kāma, moksha, and this quality, which is represented by elephants spraying water at the “Gaja” aspect of a goddess who restores it after Durvāsā curses Indra. In Bengal, white owls are good omens of this quality because they are ridden by a member of the Tridevī who emerges from the milk ocean. For 10 points, beauty and what quality are the main attributes of Lakshmī? ■END■
ANSWER: wealth [or prosperity; or being rich; or profits, income, economic success, or equivalents; accept money or gold; accept plenty; accept artha until “puruṣārtha” is read; accept Dhana Lakshmī or Vaibhava Lakshmī; prompt on luck, fortune, success, enterprise, happiness, or equivalents of each] (The fourth line refers to Kubera and Jambhala.)
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