Editing Lakshmi (section)

===Subhasita, genomic and didactic literature===

Lakshmi, along with Parvati and Saraswati, is a subject of extensive [[Subhashita]], genomic and didactic literature of India.<ref name="ls">Sternbach, Ludwik. 1974. ''Subhasita, Gnomic and Didactic Literature'', A History of Indian Literature 4. [[Otto Harrassowitz Verlag]]. {{ISBN|978-3-447-01546-2}}.</ref> Composed in the 1st millennium BCE through the 16th century CE, they are short poems, proverbs, couplets, or [[aphorism]]s in Sanskrit written in a precise meter. They sometimes take the form of a dialogue between Lakshmi and Vishnu or highlight the spiritual message in Vedas and ethical maxims from Hindu Epics through Lakshmi.<ref name=ls/> An example Subhashita is ''Puranartha Samgraha'', compiled by Vekataraya in South India, where Lakshmi and Vishnu discuss ''niti'' ('right, moral conduct') and ''rajaniti'' ('statesmanship' or 'right governance')—covering in 30 chapters and ethical and moral questions about personal, social and political life.<ref name="ls" />{{Rp|22}}