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-'''Siddhi''' (Devanagari सिद्धि) is a [[Sanskrit]] word that can be translated as "perfection", "accomplishment", "attainment", or "success".
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-In Indian religions the word specifically refers to psychic or occult powers such as clairvoyance, levitation, materialization, etc. In the Yogasutras of [[Patanjali]] the following ''siddhi''-s are listed:
-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.