Jump to navigation Jump to search Not to be confused with Siddha medicine or Siddhar. This article anti gravity yoga in mumbai additional citations for verification. It means «one who is accomplished».
Siddhas may broadly refer to siddhars, naths, ascetics, sadhus, or yogis because they all practice sādhanā. In Jainism, the term siddha is used to refer the liberated souls who have destroyed all karmas and have obtained moksha. According to Jains, Siddhas have eight specific characteristics or qualities. Ancient Tamil Jain Classic ‘Choodamani Nigandu’ describes the eight characteristics in a poem, which is given below.
The following table summarizes the eight supreme qualities of a liberated soul. Because of the quality of Sūksmatva, the liberated soul is beyond sense-perception and its knowledge of the substances is direct, without the use of the senses and the mind. The quality of avagāhan means that the liberated soul does not hinder the existence of other such souls in the same space. Siddhas are formless and dwell in Siddhashila with the above-mentioned eight qualities. Thiruvalluvar in his Tamil book Thirukural refers to the eight qualities of God, in one of his couplet poems.
This section does not cite any sources. In Hinduism, the first usage of the term Siddha occurs in the Maitreya Upanishad in chapter Adhya III where the writer of the section declares «I am Siddha. The ultimate demonstration of this is that siddhas allegedly attained physical immortality. The 18 siddhars are listed below. Siddha Guru who can by way of Shaktipat initiate disciples into Yoga.
In Hindu theology, Siddhashrama is a secret land deep in the Himalayas, where great yogis, sadhus and sages who are siddhas live. The concept is similar to Tibetan mystical land of Shambhala. Siddhashrama is referred in many Indian epics and Puranas including Ramayana and Mahabharata. In Valmiki’s Ramayana it is said that Viswamitra had his hermitage in Siddhashrama, the erstwhile hermitage of Vishnu, when he appeared as the Vamana avatar.
Whenever siddha is mentioned, the 84 siddhas and 9 nathas are remembered, and it is this tradition of siddha which is known as the Nath tradition. Siddha is a term used for both mahasiddhas and naths So a siddha may mean a siddha, a mahasiddha or a nath. The three words are used interchangeably. Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a 15th-century text, a list of yogis is found, who are described as the Mahasiddhas. Siddha-asana The accomplished or adept pose».