# अष्टमूर्ति (aṣṭamūrti)

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अष्टमूर्ति (aṣṭamūrti) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of Shiva.

- **SLP1:** `azwamUrti`  **IAST:** aṣṭamūrti  **Devanagari:** अष्टमूर्ति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astamurti
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashtamurti/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Śiva as the Eight-Formed One (Aṣṭamūrti) (3 definitions)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 116,2] अष्ट (aṣṭa) — मूर्ति (—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), Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 1939; Ragh. &c. [ ID=20223 ]
- Shiva  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अष्टमूर्ति (aṣṭamūrti) [Printed book page 033-2 ] अष्टमूर्ति (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. [ ID=3094 ]
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अष्टमूर्ति (aṣṭamūrti) [Printed book page 083-07 ] अष्टन् - मूर्ति (aṣṭan-mūrti) m. the eight-formed, an epithet of Śiva; (these eight forms are thus enumerated in the opening stanza of the Sak. - या सृष्टिः स्रष्टुराद्या (yā sṛṣṭiḥ sraṣṭurādyā) (i.e. water) वहति विधिहुतं या हविः (vahati vidhihutaṃ yā haviḥ) (i.e. fire) या च होत्री (yā ca hotrī) (i.e. the sacrificer) ये द्वे कालं दिधत्तः (ye dve kālaṃ didhattaḥ) (i.e. the Sun and the moon) श्रुतिविषयगुणा या स्थिता व्याप्य विश्वम् (śrutiviṣayaguṇā yā sthitā vyāpya viśvam) (i.e. æther) यामाहुः सर्वभूतप्रकृतिरिति (yāmāhuḥ sarvabhūtaprakṛtiriti) (i.e. the earth) यथा प्राणिनः प्राणवन्तः (yathā prāṇinaḥ prāṇavantaḥ) (i.e. air) प्रत्यक्षामिः प्रपन्नस्तनुभिरवतु वस्ताभिरष्टाभिरीशः (pratyakṣāmiḥ prapannastanubhiravatu vastābhiraṣṭābhirīśaḥ) ). [ ID=4274 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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