Ashta Siddhi
Ashta Siddhi
Die Ashta Siddhi (eight siddhis) im Hinduism sind :
1. ANIMA – Reducing one’s body even to the size of an atom . 2. MAHIMA – Expanding one’s body to an infinitely large size. 3. GARIMA – Becoming infinitely heavy. 4. LAGHIMA – Becoming almost weightless. 5. PRAPTIKA – Having unrestricted access to all places. 6. PRAKAMYA – Realizing whatever one desires. 7. ISITVA – Possessing absolute lordship. 8. VASITVA – The power to subjugate all
The nine treasures (Nava Nidhis) belong to Kubera, the god of wealth. The nature and characteristics of the nine Nidhis have remained largely not clearly understood. According to Amarakosa (Sanskrit grammar), the nine nidhis are
1. Padma – Lotus flower 2. Maha padma – great lotus flower 3. Shanka – Conch shell 4. Makara – Crocodile 5. Kachchapa – Tortoise 6. Mukunda – a precious stone (cinnabar? Ore of mercury) 7. Kunda – Jasmine 8. Nila – Sapphire 9. Kharva – Dwarf
== Sritattvanidhi == [1]
- Shakti nidhi
- Vishnu nidhi
- Shiva nidhi
- Brahma nidhi
- Graha nidhi
- Vaishnava nidhi
- Shaiva nidhi
- Agama nidhi
- Kautuka nidhi
eight siddhis hinted at by Kapila
The eight siddhis hinted at by Kapila in his Sutra - are as explained in Verse 51 of Samkhyakarika :-
- 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,
- Shabad: 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; arising due to lack of spiritual, metaphysical, mystic knowledge and experience,
- Aadhibhautik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc; arising by possessing and being attached to various materialistic gains,
v Aadhidaivik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc; caused by fate or due to reliance on fate,
== Ten secondary siddhis == [2]
- anūrmi-mattvam: Being undisturbed by hunger, thirst, and other bodily disturbances
- dūra-śravaṇa: Hearing things far away
- dūra-darśanam: Seeing things far away
- manaḥ-javah: Moving the body wherever thought goes (teleportation/astral projection)
- kāma-rūpam: Assuming any form desired
- para-kāya praveśanam: Entering the bodies of others
- sva-chanda 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
- ājñā apratihatā gatiḥ: Orders or commands being unimpeded [8]
Buddhismus
Der Buddhismus unterscheidet zwischen gewöhnlichen Siddhis (Tib. ཐུན་མོང་གི་དངོས་གྲུབ་, Wyl. thun mong gi dngos grub) und höchsten oder ungewöhnlichen Siddhis (Tib. མཆོག་གི་དངོས་གྲུབ་, Wyl. mchog gi dngos grub) der Mahasiddhas die Folge der Erleuchtung sind.
