aṣṭamūrti aṣṭa-mūrti, m. Śiva; -rasa_aśraya, a. containing the 8 emotions (drama); -ṛca, a. consisting of 8 verses; -varṣa,a. 8 years old; -vidha,a. eightfold; -śata, n. 108; 800; -ṣaṣṭi, f. sixty-eight.
aṣṭa—mūrti m. ‘eight-formed’, a N. of Śiva (as identified with the five elements, mind, egotism, and Prakṛti [matter]; or, according to the opening of the Śakuntalā, with the five elements, the sun and moon and the sacrificing priest), MBh. iii, 1939; Ragh. &c.
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