By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Asţabhairava, Asţabhairava, Ashţabhairava
- the eight Bhairavas
- the group of eight tāntrik male deities who are the emanations or aspects of Śiva, namely; Asitāńga, Ruru, Canda, Unmatta, Bhayańkara, Kapālī, Bhīşaņa and Sańhāra (T. Śāstra).
