Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.
Notes on the forms

The forms follow Whitney’s Sanskrit Grammar. At the end of a word spoken on its own, ḥ represents final s or r; āi and āu appear as ai and au. You can show word accents in the Latin transliteration (IAST). Forms labelled as models follow the formation rules. The game uses the filled cells.

good fortune · feminine

ī-stem · lakṣmī (f.)
CasesSingularDualPlural
Nominative
lakṣmīḥ · लक्ष्मीः Model form
good fortune
lakṣmyau · लक्ष्म्यौ Model form
good fortune
lakṣmyaḥ · लक्ष्म्यः Model form
good fortune
Accusative
lakṣmīm · लक्ष्मीम् Model form
good fortune
lakṣmyau · लक्ष्म्यौ Model form
good fortune
lakṣmīḥ · लक्ष्मीः Model form
good fortune
Instrumental
lakṣmyā · लक्ष्म्या Model form
good fortune
lakṣmībhyām · लक्ष्मीभ्याम् Model form
good fortune
lakṣmībhiḥ · लक्ष्मीभिः Model form
good fortune
Dative
lakṣmyai · लक्ष्म्यै Model form
good fortune
lakṣmībhyām · लक्ष्मीभ्याम् Model form
good fortune
lakṣmībhyaḥ · लक्ष्मीभ्यः Model form
good fortune
Ablative
lakṣmyāḥ · लक्ष्म्याः Model form
good fortune
lakṣmībhyām · लक्ष्मीभ्याम् Model form
good fortune
lakṣmībhyaḥ · लक्ष्मीभ्यः Model form
good fortune
Genitive
lakṣmyāḥ · लक्ष्म्याः Model form
good fortune
lakṣmyoḥ · लक्ष्म्योः Model form
good fortune
lakṣmīnām · लक्ष्मीनाम् Model form
good fortune
Locative
lakṣmyām · लक्ष्म्याम् Model form
good fortune
lakṣmyoḥ · लक्ष्म्योः Model form
good fortune
lakṣmīṣu · लक्ष्मीषु Model form
good fortune
Vocative
lakṣmi · लक्ष्मि Model form
good fortune
lakṣmyau · लक्ष्म्यौ Model form
good fortune
lakṣmyaḥ · लक्ष्म्यः Model form
good fortune

The regular devī pattern is retained; in the nominative singular lakṣmī additionally keeps s, represented as ḥ in isolation. Whitney also lists tarī, tantrī and tandrī for this variant.

Source: William Dwight Whitney: Sanskrit Grammar (1889), § 363a–g; 364

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