Lakshmi Purana

Lakshmi Purana rubutu ne na Odia wanda Balarama Dasa babban mawaƙin adabin Odia ya rubuta a ƙarni na 15. [1] Duk da sunansa, ba ɗaya daga cikin manyan Puranas goma sha takwas na Hindu ba, [2] da aka rubuta a cikin tsakiyar zamanai a matsayin wani yanki na wallafe-wallafen yanki wanda ke tattauna jinsi da ka'idojin zamantakewa. [3]

## Makirci
Allolin Lakshmi ta hau tafiya a wajen wurin ibadarta na Puri, inda ta lura da cewa mutane da yawa sun yi sakaci da cewa wannan lokaci ne mai tsarki da aka keɓe mata. Ta ɗauki suturar mace ta Brahmin, ta ba da umarni ga matar ɗan kasuwa mai arziki game da ayyukan ibada. Ta tsallaka kan iyakokin birnin, sai ta ga Shriya, wata matalauciya, baƙar fata, wadda ta ba wa allahntaka ibadarta da ibada, ana gudanar da ita cikin tsafta da ibada. Cikin farin ciki, Lakshmi ta bayyana kanta a cikin gidan Shriya kuma ta sa mata albarka.

Bayan ta koma haikalin, mijinta Jagannath da Balarama sun ki shigowar ta bisa dalilin cewa ta yi wa kanta asiri ta shiga gidan matar da ba a san ta ba. Lakshmi ya ƙi yin bikin tsarkakewa kafin ya shiga haikalin. Ta cire kayanta masu tsada banda kayan kwalliyar aurenta ta fice tana zagin yan'uwa ta hanyar hana su zamanta wanda ya kawo walwala da walwala. Da farko, ’yan’uwa sun ɗauki siffar Brahmin mendicants kuma suna roƙon abinci daga gida zuwa gida, ba sa samun ko ɗaya. A ƙarshe, sun isa sabon gidan da aka gina na Lakshmi, inda aka sanar da su cewa gidan baƙo ne. Sake juyar da kai, ’yan’uwa sun yarda su ci abincin da ’yan gudun hijira suka shirya kuma suka yi biyayya ga bukatun Lakshmi na daidaito, sanin kwanakinta masu tsarki, da haɓaka cin abinci na gama gari ga membobin Brahmin mafi girma zuwa mafi ƙasƙanci Chandala . Lakshmi ya sake haduwa da alloli a cikin haikali a karshen. 

## Sharhin zamantakewa
An siffanta rubutun a matsayin ɗan asalin asalin mata a Indiya, yana kwatanta tsarin zamantakewa da rashin daidaiton jinsi da ke ci gaba a cikin al'umma. Haka nan zanga-zangar nuna adawa da girman mazaje, tare da yin wasan kwaikwayo inda ake wulakanta jaruman maza na manyan jiga-jigan, kuma ana girmama mata na ƙanana. Rubutun yana tunawa da ƙauyen Odisha na karkara, inda maza da mata suke aiki tare a cikin filayen don noman paddy ba tare da nuna bambanci ba.  Har ila yau, ya zama jagora ga matan Hindu su gudanar da ayyukansu da ayyukansu cikin gaskiya, wanda ya wakilci wurin da Lakshmi ya ba da kayan ado, amma ba kayan ado na aure ba, tun da yake ita mace ce mai ƙauna.  Yawancin abubuwan da ke cikin rubutun sun kasance masu kama da ainihin Puranas, inda wasu daga cikin hotunan Lakshmi na yau da kullum sun kasance na tausa ƙafafun Vishnu, tare da yarda da shi a matsayin mafi girma.  A matsayin wani wallafe-wallafen, yana nuna cewa an fi kawo sauyi na zamantakewa ta hanyar ƙarfafa tausayi ga mafi rashin tausayi da kuma har yanzu girmama su don a iya yaki da rashin daidaito da soyayya maimakon ƙiyayya. 

## Shahararren Lakshmi Purana
A Odisha, Lakshmi Purana ana ɗaukarsa azaman rubutu mai tsarki a cikin kowane gida. A sassa da dama na Odisha, da kuma yankunan da ke makwabtaka da Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal da yankin Srikakulam na Andhra Pradesh, mata suna yin bikin Lakshmi Puja na tsawon wata guda na musamman a cikin watan Hindu na Margasirsha ko Agrahayana . Ana yin bikin Lakshmi Puja (Mana osha) a kowane mako a kowane ranar Alhamis na wannan watan, kuma galibin mata suna bauta wa Allah Lakshmi tare da dukkan al'adu.

## Duba kuma

* Adabin Odia
* Yaren Odia
* Odisha
* Jai Jagannatha

## MManazarta