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 For obvious reasons, Lakshmi, the goddess of
wealth, is more sought after than Saraswati, the goddess of
learning. As the power and consort of Vishnu, the preserver, she is
the power of multiciplicity and the goddess of fortune, both of
which are necessary for preservation. Sri or lakshmi, depicted in
the vedas, is the goddess of wealth and fortune, power and beauty.
One may suppose that Sri and Lakshmi are two separate deities. Since
their descriptions are so similar, one may conclude that the two
represent the same deity. Some scholars believe that Sri was a
pre-vedic deity connected with fertility, water and agriculture. She
was later fused with Lakshmi, the vedic goddess of
beauty.
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