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.