Rāmāyaṇa where ideology and arts meet narrative and historical context by Prof. Nalini Rao
Rāmāyaṇa tradition in northeast Bhārat by Virag Pachpore
The literal meaning of murti is manifestation, something that has taken a concrete form. Murti without any prefix refers to devata murti or god-form. Thus murti is a representation (in a manifest, definite form) of god-form.