Definitions for "Murti"
Keywords:  deity, embodied, worship, hindu, temple
temple god – blessed representation.
(lit., embodiment; figure; image) A representation of God or of a chosen deity that has been sanctified and enlivened by worship. A murti can be a symbolic embodiment of the presence of God or a recognisable human figure, as in the image of a saint.
The embodied form of the infinite deity, the Indian way of bringing the all-pervasive divine into particular focus and concentration; the making of a divine image
A son of Vasistha and a Prajapati of the Svarocisa epoch
A musical embellishment consisting of a small number of notes executed in fast tempo but with tenderness and delicacy. It is mainly used in the 'lighter' forms of music and music-making.