Briddhi Lakshmi was the queen consort of the Nepalese Kingdom of Bhaktapur from 1722 as the first wife of Ranajit Malla and also a Newar language poet. For a brief period, she and her two-year-old son
Briddhi Lakshmi's Newar language copper plate inscription at Balkumari temple, Thimi dated to May 1740, mentions her taking refuge in the town.