[Sanskrit]

[the power of receiving other men's thoughts, powers and feelings and projecting one's own thoughts etc. or personality into others (vyapti), absolute keenness of the mind and senses (prakamya), the control over events, lordship, wealth and all objects of desire; effectiveness of the Will acting on object or event without the aid of physical means (aishvarya), the perfect control over the powers of nature and over things inert and intelligent; effectiveness of will acting not as command or through the thought, by ajnanam, but through the heart and temperament (citta) in a perception of need or pure lipsa (ishita), the power of exacting obedience to the spoken or written word; the control of the object in its nature so that it is submissive to the spoken word, receptive of the thought conveyed or sensitive and effective of the action suggested (vashita), greatness (mahima), lightness (laghima), the power of becoming heavy at will (garima) - these are thíddhis}[[2475]] (ashtásíddhi)].