mUrtiH f. [ murcC-ktin ] 1 Anything which has definite shape and limits, material element, matter, substance. 2 A form, visible shape, body, figure; Mu. 2. 2 ; R. 3. 27 ; 14. 54. 3 An embodiment, incarnation, personification, manifestation; karuRasya mUrtiH U. 3. 4 ; Pt. 2. 159. 4 An image, idol, a statue. 5 Beauty. 6 Solidity, hardness. Comp. — Dara, -saMcara a. embodied, incarnate; Darmo bA mUrtisaMcaraH Mv. 1. 10 ; U. 6. 10. — paH a worshipper of an image, one who is in charge of an idol.