Saturday, February 27, 2016

Sri coins from my collection

Shri (Devanagari: श्री), also transliterated as Sree, Shri, Sri, Shree, Si or Seri is a word of Sanskrit origin, used in the Indian subcontinent as a polite form of address in written and spoken language, or as a title of veneration for deities (usually translated as "Holy").


Following are some of the sri legend coins of South India:



Shri has the root meaning of goddess of prosperity. The 1st and 3rd coins have sri tamil & others are in telugu:

Tamil
ஸ்ரீ
Telugu
శ్రీ