Bhikshatana-murti, Bhikṣâṭanamûrti (fr transliteration)

Bhikshatana-murti  is the representation of the Hindu god Shiva as the "Supreme Beggar", a nude, four-armed male figure (Kapali mendicant) with a begging bowl, surrounded by demonic followers and love-sick women.

Contrary to Shiva's other avatar Bhairava, fierce and threatening, Shiva as Bhikshatana is gentle, so handsome he easily seduces the female companions of forest ascets while wandering as a mendicant to atone for his sin of severing Brahma's fifth head on his way to the holy city of Varanasi. After this experience, triumphan Bhikshatana establishes the worship of the Linga or, according to other traditions, becomes Nataraja, the "Cosmic Dancer".

A bas-relief representing Bhikshatana seducing the wives of sages has been identified by Madeleine Giteau in the southwestern pavilion of Angkor Wat's third precinct. Jean Boulbet has identified representations of Shiva as Bhikshatana at Kbal Spean. Several bronze statues of Bhikshtana dating back from Cambodia's 12th century are hosted in museums worldwide, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA).

The bowl used by Buddhist monks to collect food alms is called បិណ្ឌបាត benbat in Khmer, and the practice of begging for food បិណ្ឌបាតចារិកវត្ត benbatcharikwat. The festival of Pchum Ben ថ្ងៃភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ in order to collect food for monks and the departed is a solemn celebration in Cambodia.