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"Lakshmi" from the Hindu god Lakshmi and the "star" word in the noun denotes the octagram.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Star of Lakshmi
Today it means: A special octagram, a regular compound polygon, represented by Schläfli symbol {8/2} or 2{4}, made from two congruent squares with the same center at 45° angles. Full definition →