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Ashta Siddhis - The supernatural powers
Siddhi can be translated as perfection or accomplishment. Siddhis are spiritual, paranormal, supernatural, or otherwise magical powers, abilities, and attainments that are the products of spiritual advancement through sadhanas such as meditation and yoga. Siddhi is a Sanskrit noun which can be translated as “perfection”, “accomplishment”, “attainment”, or “success”. In Telugu the word Siddha refers to someone who has attained the Siddhic powers & knowledge. All religions accept the phenomenon of supernatural powers. Eight main powers acquired by a spiritual person as listed in the Indian scriptures are Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima, Prapti, Prakamya, Isitva, Vasitva. There are other lists of such powers too, however these are the most discussed yogic powers.
Ashta Siddhis are:
1. Anima: Ability to reduce the size of the body, sometimes even to the size of the atoms. (‘Becoming smaller than the smallest’ as described in Srimad Bhagavatam by Lord Krishna)
Example: Hanuman had reduced the size of his body while he was searching for Sita in Lanka.
2. Mahima: Ability to assume a gigantic form (‘Becoming larger than the largest’ as described in Srimad Bhagavatam by Lord Krishna)
3. Garima: Ability to become very heavy in weight by will
Example: Lord Hanuman made his tail very heavy that even Bhima couldn’t lift it
4. Laghima: Laghima comes from the word laghu, which means small or light. Laghima is the ability to make the body very light (‘Becoming lighter than the lightest’). Levitation and flying in the air are its subsidiary powers
5. Praapti: Word praapti means ‘to obtain’, ‘having obtained’, ‘to have got’. Thus praapti is the ability to acquire anything anywhere.
6. Praakaamya: The ability to obtain anything desired, ability to have realized the dreams
7. Isitva: Isa=lord; isitva=lordship; The power of absolute lordship over entire creation
8. Vasitva: The ability to have everything under control, especially the physical manifestation made up of 5 elements
Supernatural powers mentioned in Bhagavata Purana
01. Tri-kāla-jñatvam: Knowledge of past present and future
02. Advandvam (non-duality): not being subject to dualities of heat/ cold, pain/ pleasure, sweat/ bitter, good/ bad
03. Para citta ādi abhijñatā: Knowing of others’ minds
04. Agni arka ambu viṣa ādīnām pratiṣṭambhaḥ: having fire, sun, water, poison in control and stopping their effect
05. Aparājayah: becoming unconquerable
06. Anūrmi-mattvam: Being undisturbed by hunger, thirst, and other body generated cravings
07. Dūra-śravaṇa: Hearing things/ events happening very far
08. Dūra-darśanam: Seeing things/ events happening very far
09. Manaḥ-javah (manojvitva): Moving physical body wherever one wants
10. kāma-rūpam: Attaining/ assuming desired form
11. Para-kāya praveśanam (vikranabhav):
12. Sva-chanda mṛtyuh: To die only on one’s wish
13. Devānām saha krīḍā anudarśanam: Witnessing the pastimes of demi-gods
14. Yathā sańkalpa saḿsiddhiḥ: Achieving as one determines
15. ājñā apratihatā gatiḥ: One’s commands unstopped
Other powers
1. Memories of past lives
2. Clairvoyance
3. Levitation
4. Bi-location/ multi-location
5. Materialization
6. Control over natural phenomenon like raining, sunrise/ sunset
7. Prakhya Siddhi: ability to chose the womb to be born in before birth
8. Surya Vijnan: Transforming one material into another by the use of sun rays
Ways to attain Supernatural powers
In Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras IV: 1, Patanjali mentions ways to attain supernatural powers
Yoga Sutra Chapter 4: Verse 1 - Janma auṣadhi mantra tapaḥ samādhijāḥ siddhayaḥ (Birth, medicine (drugs/ herbs), mantra (incantations), penance (self-discipline) and Samadhi born are Supernatural powers).
As stated in the verse, here are the ways to attain supernatural powers:
By birth:
Medicine:
Mantra:
Penance:
Samadhi:
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