词条 | Astamurti |
释义 |
| type = Hindu | image = Mahadeva.JPG | caption = Plaster replica of "Ashtmurti". 6th century CE. On display in the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai. | name = Ashtamurti | Devanagari = अष्टमूर्ति | god_of = | mantra = | weapon = | consort = | abode = | mount = }} Astamurti refers to the eight significant attributes of Hindu deity Shiva. Concept of AstamurtiIn the Vedas Lord Rudra, who subsequently transformed into the benevolent Lord Shiva, has multiple attributes and numerous titles, among which eight are significant to the conceptualization in the Shaivites tradition. Rudra's identification with Shiva was put in writing for the first time in Shvetashvatara Upanishad and later in Yajurveda linked Taittiriya Samhita (S.4.5.1), in the Shata Rudriya Section). The Vajasneya samhita (S. 3.63) also co-equals Shiva with Rudra by citing tam Shiva namasi, meaning I bow to you, Shiva. The Shathapatha Brahmana notes that Shiva is also called referred to as Bhava, Mahadeva, Sharva, Pashupati, Ugra and Ishana. These are typically the forms of water, fire, sacrifice, sun, moon, ether, earth and air.[1] Ancient Sanskrit linguist and grammarian Pāṇini in his Astadhyayi (S.1.49, S.3.53, S.4.100, S.5.3.99) also notes that Rudra is called variously as Mrida, Bhava, Sharva, Grisha, Mahadeva and Tryambaka. Rishi Patanjali, propounder of Yoga system, in Mahabashya also provides for various icons of Shiva. In the Puranic era, Rudra completely merged with Shiva and joined the Trimurti and represented the destroyer of evil. For example, Sharva here is destroyer of evil and darkness. Thus is also a name to SUN. Individual Vedas refer to Rudra, alternatively Shiva with eight different names having different qualities. Such eight attributes create the Shiva aspect of Ashtamurti [Ashta (अस्ट) - Eight, Murti (मूर्ति) - Manifestation] meaning Eightfold attributes in the manifestation of Lord Shiva. Origin of conceptThe Shiva Mahimna stava explicitly lays down the vedic origin of these names of Shiva alluding to their exposition found in the Vedic Brahmana texts (Shatapatha B. 6.3.1, Kaushitaki B. 6.1-3). The later Shaiva philosophies, namely, the Shaiva Siddhanta (Shaiva Doctrine) Pashupati Mata (Pashupati Doctrine), stream recognize the Ashtamurti iconography in the Agamas. However, these texts put greater emphasis on the Panchabrahman attribute in comparison to the Vedic Ashtamurti ascription. The Eight ManifestationsThe Puranic shiva mahimna stotram composed in glory of Lord Shiva by Gandharva Pushpadanta invokes the Astamurti form and distinctly enumerates the eight names of Lord Shiva on the stanza 28 as under: भवः शर्वो रुद्रः पशुपतिरथोग्रः सहमहान् तथा भीमेशानाविति यदभिधानाष्टकमिदम्। अमुष्मिन् प्रत्येकं प्रविचरति देव श्रुतिरपि प्रियायास्मैधाम्ने प्रणिहित-नमस्योऽस्मि भवते॥ २८॥ bhavaḥ śarvo rudraḥ paśupatirathograḥ sahamahān tathā bhīmeśānāviti yadabhidhānāṣṭakamidam | amuṣmin pratyekaṁ pravicarati deva śrutirapi priyāyāsmaidhāmne praṇihita-namasyo'smi bhavate || 28 || Meaning:"Bhavá (Bhaváh), Śharvá (शर्व), Rudrá (rudráh), Paśupati (paśupatih); and likewise (átho) Úgra (úgrah) along with (sahá) Mahādeva (mahān); as well as (táthā) Bhīmá (bhīmá) and Īśāná (īśānau)", "iti" denotes inverted commas. This (idám) (is) the group consisting of eight (ástakam) names (abhidhāna) of that (Śivá) (yád). Oh Lord(devá)!, even though (ápi) the Śrúti, the Vedas (śrúti) examines accurately (pravicarati) each of them (pratyekam), I pay homage (pravihita-namasya ásmi) to this (asmai) dear (priyāya) (Transcendental) Abode or (Supreme) State, dhāma (dhāmne), (which is) You, bhavān (bhavate) (essentially)//28// "Bhava, Sharva, Rudra, Pashupati, also Ugra with Mahan, furthermore Bhima and Ishana, these are eight appellations of the Lord, each of them the srutis individually expound. My salutations are to the dear abode in which these names are laid i.e. to one who bears these names." QualitiesThe essential qualities associated with these names are:, Bhava - Existence, Creation, Sharva - Destroyer (of darkness and evil), Rudra - Dispeller of Sorrows, Pasupati - Lord of all beings Ugra - The Fearsome, Mahan or Mahat i.e. Mahadeva – The Supreme, Bhima - The Tremendous, Isana - The Directional ruler Linga Purana DescriptionsLord Nandikeshvara in the Linga Purana elaborates the nature of the Astamurti to Sanatkumara and expounds a typical shaiva tradition. The nature and details of the eightfold manifestations are as under: 1)Sharva:Characharanam bhutanam dhata vishvambharatmakah, Sharva ityuchyate devah sarva-shastrartha-paragaih 2.13.3 || Vishvambharatmanas-tasya sarvasya parameshthinah, Vikeshi kathyate patni tanayo .angarakah smritah 2.13.4 || Wife=Vikeshi; Son=Angaraka, i.e. planet Mars; The lord of all and the entity pervading the universe. The destroyer of the evil and darkness. 2)Bhava:Bhava ityuchyate devo bhagavan veda-vadibhih Samjivanasya lokanam bhavasya paramatmanah 2.13.5 || Uma samkirtita devi sutah shukrashcha suribhih Sapta-lokandaka-vyapi sarva-lokaika-rakshita 2.13.6 || wife=Uma; son=Shukra, i.e. planet Venus; envelops the 7 world-spheres; protects the universe, infuses life in the universe. 3)Pashupati:Vahnyatma bhagavan devah smritah pashupatir budhaih Svaha patnyatmanas-tasya prokta pashupateh priya 2.13.7 || Shanmukho bhagavan devo budhaih putra udahritah Samasta-bhuvana-vyapi bharta sarva-sharirinam 2.13.8 || Wife= Svaha; son= Shanmukha; envelops the universe; protects all life-forms, is manifest as fire. 4)Ishana:Pavanatma budhair deva ishana iti kirtyate Ishanasya jagat-kartur-devasya pavanatmanah 2.13.9 Shiva devi budair-ukta putrashchasya manojavah Characharanam bhutanam sarvesham sarvakamadah 2.13.10 Wife= Shiva; son= Manojava; the substance of living and non-living forms; confers all wishes, is manifest as air. 5)Bhima:Vyomatma bhagavan devo bhima ityuchyate budhaih Mahamahimno devasya bhimasya gaganatmanah 2.13.11 Disho dasha smrita devyah sutah sargash-cha suribhih Suryatma bhagavan devah sarvesham cha vibhutidah 2.13.12 Wives= 10 directions; Son= Sarga; envelops the universe; basis of all manifestations in the universe, is manifest as space and as the sun. 6)Rudra:Rudra ityuchyate devair bhagavan bhukti-muktidah Suryatma kasya rudrasya bhaktanam bhakti-dayinah 2.13.13 Suvarchala smrita devi sutashchasya shanaishcharah Samasta saumya vastunam prakrititvena vishrutah 2.13.14 Wife= Suvarchala; Son= Shanishchara, i.e. Saturn; gives liberation and pleasures; cause of devotion in devotees, present as the nature of all pleasant things, is manifest as the sun. 7)Mahadeva:Somatmako budhair devo mahadeva iti smritah Somatmakasya devasya mahadevasya suribhih 2.13.15 Dayita rohini prokta budhash-chaiva sharirajah Havya-kavyasthitim kurvan havya-kavyashinam tada 2.13.16 Wife= Rohini; Son= Budha, i.e. Mercury; bearer of offerings to gods and ancestors, is manifest as the moon; Rudra is first labeled as Mahadeva in the White Yajurveda. 8)Ugra:Yajamanatmako devo mahadevo budhaih prabhuh Ugra ityuchyate sadbhir ishanashcheti chaparaih 2.13.17 Ugrahvayasya devasya yajamanatmanah prabhoh Diksha patni budhair ukta samtanakhyah sutas-tatha 2.13.18 Wife= Diksha; Son= Samtana; manifests as the ritualist. Bhagavata PuranaThe Bhagavata Purana (S. 3.12.12) mentions the following names of Shiva: Manyur manur mahinaso, Mahāñ chiva rtadhvajah, Ugra-retā bhavah kālo, Vāmadevo dhrtavratah. As per Bhagavata Purana, Lord Brahma gave Rudra eleven other names, Manyu, Manu, Mahinasa, Mahān, Śiva, Rtadhvaja, Ugraretā, Bhava, Kāla, Vāmadeva and Dhrtavrata. Many names from the Bhagavata Purana appear in the Astamurti ascription. See also
References1. ^{{cite book|title=India through the ages|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= 70|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}
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