Sanskrit

Noun

लक्ष्मण • ‎(lakṣmaṇa) m

1. Ardea sibirica Āpast.
2. Name of a son of दशरथ by his wife सुमित्रा (he was younger brother and companion of राम during his travels and adventures ; लक्ष्मण and शत्रु-घ्न were both sons of सु-मित्रा, but लक्ष्मण alone is usually called सौमित्रि ; he so attached himself to राम as to be called राम's second self ; whereas शत्रु-घ्न attached himself to भरत) R. Pur. &c.

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0891