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. 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. It is usually transliterated as Sri, Sree, Shri, Si, or Seri based on the local convention for transliteration. 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. Shri ( / ʃ r iː/ Devanagari: श्री, ISO: Śrī, Sanskrit pronunciation:, Non-Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also transliterated as Shree, Sri, or Sree, is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. Shri in Devanagari script used for Sanskrit
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