Sziddhi
Sanskrit and Pali; Devanagari सिद्धि; tibeti: དངོས་གྲུབ,
Eight primary siddhis
In Hinduism, eight siddhis (Ashta Siddhi) or Eight great perfections (mahasiddhi) are known:[1]
- Aṇimā: reducing one's body even to the size of an atom
- Mahima: expanding one's body to an infinitely large size
- Garima: becoming infinitely heavy
- Laghima: becoming almost weightless
- Prāpti: having unrestricted access to all places
- Prākāmya: realizing whatever one desires
- Iṣṭva: possessing absolute lordship
- Vaśtva: the power to subjugate all[2]
Bhagavata Purana
Five siddhis of yoga and meditation
In the Bhagavata Purana, the five siddhis of yoga and meditation are:
- trikālajñatvam: knowing the past, present and future
- advandvam: tolerance of heat, cold and other dualities
- para citta ādi abhijñatā: knowing the minds of others and so on
- agni arka ambu viṣa ādīnām pratiṣṭambhaḥ: checking the influence of fire, sun, water, poison, and so on
- aparājayah: remaining unconquered by others[3]
Ten secondary siddhis
In the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna describes the ten secondary siddhis:
- anūrmimattvam: Being undisturbed by hunger, thirst, and other bodily appetites
- dūraśravaṇa: Hearing things far away
- dūradarśanam: Seeing things far away
- manojavah: Moving the body wherever thought goes (teleportation/astral projection)
- kāmarūpam: Assuming any form desired
- parakāya praveśanam: Entering the bodies of others
- svachanda mṛtyuh: Dying when one desires
- devānām saha krīḍā anudarśanam: Witnessing and participating in the pastimes of the gods
- yathā sańkalpa saḿsiddhiḥ: Perfect accomplishment of one's determination
- ājñāpratihatā gatiḥ: Orders or commands being unimpeded [4]
Samkhya
In the Samkhyakarika and Tattvasamasa, there are references to the attainment of eight siddhis by which one becomes free of the pain of ignorance, one gains knowledge, and experiences bliss. The eight siddhis hinted at by Kapila in the Tattvasamasa[note 1] are as explained in verse 51 of the Samkhyakarika:[5]
- Uuha: based on the samskaras of previous births, the attainment of knowledge about the twenty-four Tatwas gained by examining the determinable and the indeterminable conscious and the non-conscious constituents of creation,
- Shabda: knowledge gained by associating with an enlightened person (Guru – upadesh),
- Addhyyan: knowledge gained through study of the Vedas and other standard ancillary texts,
- Suhritprapti: knowledge gained from a kind-hearted person, while engaged in the spread of knowledge
- Daan: knowledge gained regardless of one’s own needs while attending to the requirements of those engaged in the search of the highest truth,
- Aadhyaatmik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain, disappointment, etc. that may arise due to lack of spiritual, metaphysical, mystic knowledge and experience,
- Aadhibhautik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc. arising from possessing and being attached to various materialistic gains,
- Aadhidaivik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc. caused by fate or due to reliance on fate,
- ↑ Ashta siddhi
- ↑ Danielou, Alain (1987). While the Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind; Inner Traditions International.
- ↑ The Concise Srimad Bhagavatam, trans. Swami Venkatesananda, SUNY Press 1989, ISBN 0-7914-0149-9
- ↑ The Concise Srimad Bhagavatam, trans. Swami Venkatesananda, SUNY Press 1989, ISBN 0-7914-0149-9
- ↑ The Samkhya Karika, with commentary of Gaudapada. Published in 1933 by The Oriental Book Agency, Poona
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