Shri
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Shri Brahmi script character Śrī （"Lord"） Shri in Devanagari script used for Sanskrit Shri （/ʃriː/; Devanagari: श्री, ISO: Śrī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɕriː], Non-Sanskrit pronunciation: [sriː]）,
also transliterated as Shree, Sri, or Sree, is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific.
The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Indonesian, Javanese, Balinese, Sinhala （ශ්‍රී）, Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Pali, Khmer, Malay, and among Philippine languages.
It is usually transliterated as Sri, Sree, Shri, Si, or Seri based on the local convention for transliteration.
The term is used in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia as a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language, but also as a title of veneration for deities or as honorific title for local rulers.
Shri is also another name for Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, while a yantra or a mystical diagram popularly used to worship her is called Shri Yantra.
MahārājaShrīGupta "Great King, Lord Gupta" in the Gupta script, on the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta （4th century CE）.
Monier-Williams Dictionary gives the meaning of the root verb śrī as "to cook, boil, to burn, diffuse light", but as a feminine abstract noun, it has received a general meaning of "grace, splendour, beauty; wealth, affluence, prosperity".
The word śrī may also be used as an adjective in Sanskrit, which is the origin of the modern use of shri as a title.
From the noun, is derived the Sanskrit adjective "śrīmat" （śrimān in the masculine nominative singular, śrīmatī in the feminine）, by adding the suffix indicating possession, literally "radiance-having" （person, god, etc.）.
This is used in modern vernacular as form of address Shrimati （abbreviated Smt...