Animan - the power to assume a minute form; siddhi

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Riddhis:

Riddhis: highest sensual delight; wealth; nine  varieties of extraordinary exaltation and grandeur that come to a  Yogi as he advances and progresses in Yoga, like the supernatural  powers or Siddhis; Riddhis are, like Siddhis, great obstacles in  yoga.

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Siddha:

Siddha. A perfect or realized or enlightened being. One who possesses Siddhis.

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Mahima(n) (Sanskrit) Siddhi of aethrobacy, caused by altered polarity. {BCW 2:272-3}

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Rasollasa (Sanskrit). The first of the eight physical perfections, or Siddhis (phenomena), of the Hatha Yogis. Rasollasa is the prompt evolution at will of the juices of the body independently of any nutriment from without.

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Kriyasakti (Gk.). The power of thought; one of the seven forces of Nature. Creative potency of the Siddhis (powers) of the full Yogis.

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Prapti - the power to reach the proximity of even distant objects; Prakamya - the power to obtain what is desired; siddhi

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Sadhana:

Sadhana ("accomplishing"): spiritual discipline leading to siddhi ("perfection" or "accomplishment"); the term is specifically used in Tantra

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Ngo-dhub dNos-grub (Tibetan) Spiritual powers.

See also SIDDHIS {BCW 4:160}

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far-seeing: Duradarshana. Having the power of clairvoyance, also known as divyadrishti, "divine sight."

See: clairvoyance, siddhi.

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Panchamukha Ganapati: (Sanskrit) "Five-faced Ganapati." A special form of Lord Ganesha with five faces; similar to Siddhi Ganapati.

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vibhuti: (Sanskrit) "Resplendent, powerful." Holy ash,

prepared by burning cow dung along with other precious

substances, milk, ghee, honey, etc. It symbolizes purity

and is one of the main sacraments given at puja in all

Saivite temples and shrines. Saivites wear three stripes on

the brow as a distinct sectarian mark, as do many Smartas.

Vibhuti is also a synonym for siddhi, supernormal powers developed through yoga practice. It is the title of the third

chapter of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, which discusses

siddhis.

See: tilaka. tripundra.

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Prapti (Sanskrit). From Prap, to reach. One of the eight Siddhis (powers) of Raj-Yoga. The power of transporting oneself from one place to another, instantaneously, by the mere force of will ; the faculty of divination, of healing and of prophesying, also a Yoga power.

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TANTRA

Usually associated with Tibetan sexual tantras, but a tantra is any ritualized or repeated movement, or "mode," designed to invoke a god or deva. Specifically it deals with teaching five important subjects: The Creation and Destruction of the World, the Worship of the Gods, Attainment of the Magical Siddhis and Union with the Supreme Identity.

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Rudra granthi - Within the sushumna there are three granthis or psychic/pranic knots which prevent the passage of kundalini shakti. The third granthi is located in ajna chakra and is associated with attachment to siddhis, psychic phenomena and experiences. It is called rudra granthi.

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Siddhasana (Sanskrit) [from siddha perfected + asana seat]

The sitting position for attaining siddhis (spiritual powers) in hatha yoga theory; a sedent posture in religious meditation, where the left heel is placed under the body and the right heel in front of it, the sight is fixed between the eyebrows, and the mind is directed on the syllable Om.

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Rasollasa (Sanskrit) [from rasa fluid, liquid + ud-las to come forth, appear]

Also rasollasa. "The first of the eight physical perfections, or Siddhis (phenomena), of the Hatha Yogis. Rasollasa is the prompt evolution at will of the juices of the body independently of any nutriment from without" (TG 276).

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Laghina(n) (Sanskrit) One of the siddhis, " 'the faculty of assuming levity,' (which)

is illustrated in a Purana as rising and descending along a sunbeam to the solar orb with its mysteries"; Blavatsky connects this power with the suras and avataras (BCW 7:274).

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siddha yogi: (Sanskrit) "Yogi of perfection." A perfected one, adept, a realized being who is the embodiment of the most profound yogic states and has attained magical or mystical powers.

See: siddha yoga, siddhi.

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modaka: (Sanskrit) "Sweets."

A round lemon-sized sweet made of rice, coconut, sugar, etc. It is a favorite treat of Ganesha. Esoterically, it corresponds to siddhi (attainment or fulfillment), the gladdening contentment of pure joy, the sweetest of all things sweet.

See: Ganesha.

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The major framework of Yogācāra theory was developed by the two brothers Vasubandhu 世親 and Asaṅga 無著 in such treatises as the Abdhidharma-kośa-bhāsya 倶舍論, the Triṃśikā Vijñaptimātratāsiddhiḥ (Thirty Verses on Consciousness-only) 唯識三十頌, Mahāyāna-saṃgraha攝大乘論, and the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra瑜伽師地論. Dharmapala's Vijñaptimâtratâsiddhi-shâstra is an important commentary that resolved several doctrinal disp ...

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Kadaitswami: (Tamil) "Marketplace swami." The 159th satguru of the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. Born ca 1804; attained mahasamadhi October 13, 1891. Renouncing his career as a judge in Bangalore, South India, Kadaitswami became a sannyasin and trained under the "Rishi from the Himalayas," who sent him on mission to Sri Lanka. He performed severe tapas on an island off the Jaffna coast, awakening many siddhis. For decades he spurred the Sri Lankan Saivites to greater spirituality through inspired talks and demonsting siddhis. He initiated Chellappaswami as the next satguru in the parampara. Kadaitswami's initiation name was Muthyanandaswami.

See: Kailasa Parampara, Natha Sampradaya.

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