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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 16.59

‘dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī’ — ihāṅ ‘dvitīyatva’ vidheya samāse gauṇa haila, śabdārtha gela kṣaya
[‘dviteeya shree-lakshmee’ — ihaan ‘dviteeyatva’ vidheya samaase gauna haila, shabdaartha gela kshaya]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
‘dvitīya śrī-lakṣmī’ — ihāṅ ‘dvitīyatva’ vidheya samāse gauṇa haila, śabdārtha gela kṣaya
“In the word ‘dvitīya-śrī-lakṣmī’ [‘a second all-opulent goddess of fortune’], the quality of being a second Lakṣmī is the unknown. In making this compound word, the meaning became secondary and the originally intended meaning was lost.
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