Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 662 of 1000: अष्टमूर्तिःअष्ट-मूर्तिः · AṣṭamūrtiḥAṣṭa-mūrtiḥ
Of Eightfold Form
Artha
What the name means
She stands in eight shapes at once, as the elements and the luminaries and the sacrificer are all reckoned forms of the divine.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ अष्टमूर्त्यै नमः
oṃ aṣṭamūrtyai namaḥ
om ashtamurtyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, aṣṭamūrtiḥ, as part of Shloka 131. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who has eight embodiments
vigraha aṣṭau mūrtayaḥ yasyāḥ sā
eight
embodiment, form
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 131Names 662–668
अष्टमूर्तिरजाजैत्री लोकयात्राविधायिनी ।
एकाकिनी भूमरूपा निर्द्वैता द्वैतवर्जिता ॥ १३१ ॥
aṣṭamūrtirajājaitrī lokayātrāvidhāyinī
ekākinī bhūmarūpā nirdvaitā dvaitavarjitā
Study the whole shloka: Eight forms, the unborn defeated, and no second thing
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- ashtamurtihom ashtamurtyai namah
- ITRANS
- aShTamUrtiHOM aShTamUrtyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- aSTamUrtiHOM aSTamUrtyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- అష్టమూర్తిఃఓం అష్టమూర్త్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಅಷ್ಟಮೂರ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಅಷ್ಟಮೂರ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- അഷ്ടമൂര്തിഃഓം അഷ്ടമൂര്ത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- அஷ்டமூர்திஃஓம் அஷ்டமூர்த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- અષ્ટમૂર્તિઃૐ અષ્ટમૂર્ત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- অষ্টমূর্তিঃওঁ অষ্টমূর্ত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଅଷ୍ଟମୂର୍ତିଃଓଁ ଅଷ୍ଟମୂର୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ