सिद्धिsiddhi

सिद्धि (siddhi) is a Sanskrit word meaning driving off, putting aside, accomplishment, performance, fulfilment, or success, hitting a mark, healing of a disease, coming into force or validity, settlement, payment, or liquidation of a debt. Its 54 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Proper Names (Deities, Persons, Personifications), Accomplishment, Success, Fulfilment, Proof, Validation, and Settlement.

Roots
1. सिध् (1. sidh), 2. सिध् (2. sidh)
Etymology
E. षिध् to accomplish, aff. क्तिन् ।
Definitions
54
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Meanings by context

Proper Names (Deities, Persons, Personifications)

16 definitions
Success or perfection personified

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of Durga

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the wife of Bhaga and mother of Mahiman

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a friend of Danu

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

one of the wives of Ganesha

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An epithet of Shiva

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

success personified

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a fire

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. Shiva 2. Vishnu

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

wife of Bhaga

The Purana Index

a daughter of Daksha, married to Dharma, and mother of Sukha

The Purana Index

the wife of Kama

The Purana Index

a goddess in the Cakrarājaratha

The Purana Index

a Kala of Brahma

The Purana Index

a mind-born mother

The Purana Index

Accomplishment, Success, Fulfilment

12 definitions
accomplishment, performance, fulfilment, or success

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

hitting a mark

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

prosperity, personal success, fortune

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Accomplishment, performance, fulfillment, or success. 2. Cure or recovery of a disease. 3. Payment or recovery of money due. 4. Personal perfection entailing the acquisition of supernatural powers. 5. Magical power, efficacy, efficiency, or skill. 6. Resultance, establishment, or demonstration. 7. Success personified as a goddess, identified with Durga.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fulfilment or accomplishment. 2. An astronomical or astrological Yoga. 3. Final emancipation or supreme bliss. 4. Prosperity and success. 5. Knowledge and understanding. 6. Accuracy and correctness. 7. Legal validity. 8. Discharge of a debt. 9. Concealment. 10. The result of divine adoration or asceticism. 11. The acquisition of supernatural powers through mystical rites. 12. A magically empowered wooden shoe or slipper. 13. A medicinal root.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fulfilment, completion, or success 2. Perfection or final bliss 3. Knowledge or correctness 4. Payment 5. Concealment 6. Magical perfection or a magic shoe 7. The sixteenth yoga

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Accomplishment, fulfilment, or complete attainment. 2. Success, prosperity, or well-being. 3. Settlement or establishment. 4. Substantiation or proof. 5. Validity of a rule or law. 6. Certainty, truth, or correctness. 7. Decision or determination of a lawsuit. 8. Payment or liquidation of a debt. 9. The solution of a problem. 10. Preparation or cooking. 11. Readiness. 12. Complete sanctification. 13. Final emancipation or supreme bliss. 14. The acquisition of supernatural powers by magical means. 15. Marvellous skill or capability. 16. Good effect or result. 17. Understanding or intellect. 18. Concealisation or vanishing. 19. A superhuman power or faculty. 20. A particular kind of yoga.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fulfilment, accomplishment, or attainment of an object. 2. An astronomical or astrological yoga period. 3. Final emancipation from existence or supreme felicity. 4. Prosperity or success. 5. Knowledge or understanding. 6. Accuracy, correctness, or indisputable conclusion. 7. Validity in law. 8. Discharge of a debt. 9. Concealment or covering. 10. The result of divine adoration or ascetic severities. 11. The acquirement of supernatural powers through magical, mystical, or alchemical processes. 12. A magically empowered wooden shoe or slipper for safe and rapid travel. 13. A medicinal root. 14. Settlement or establishment. 15. Certainty or truth. 16. Decision of a lawsuit. 17. The solution of a problem. 18. Preparation or cooking. 19. Readiness. 20. Complete sanctification. 21. Beatitude. 22. Marvellous skill or capability. 23. Making oneself invisible.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Accomplishment or fulfilment. 2. Success, prosperity, or well-being. 3. Use or utility. 4. Final emancipation or supreme felicity. 5. The fruit of the adoration of gods or ascetic austerities. 6. The acquisition of supernatural powers by magical means, or magical power. 7. A magical shoe that conveys the bearer wherever they wish. 8. A medicinal root. 9. Indisputable conclusion or decision. 10. Validity. 11. Knowledge, understanding, or intellect. 12. Acquittance or discharge of a debt. 13. Concealment.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Accomplishment, performance, or reaching an aim. 2. Success, prosperity, or welfare. 3. Perfection or supernatural power.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Success, accomplishment, or attainment of an object. 2. Magic power.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Accomplishment, fulfillment, completion, or success. 2. Settlement, proof, or validity. 3. Certainty, truth, or accuracy. 4. Decision or payment. 5. Preparation, maturity, or readiness. 6. Complete knowledge. 7. Supreme felicity, beatitude, or final emancipation. 8. The acquisition of supernatural powers. 9. Marvellous skill or a magical shoe. 10. Good effect, advantage, or understanding. 11. Concealment or invisibility. 12. A particular astrological or astronomical period. 13. A kind of medicinal root. 14. Perfection personified as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma. 15. An epithet of a Yogini, Durga, or Shiva.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Proof, Validation, and Settlement

5 definitions
coming into force or validity

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

settlement, payment, or liquidation of a debt

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Establishment, proof, or demonstration. 2. Result or outcome.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

decision and determination of a lawsuit

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

solution of a problem

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Objects and Technical Terms

5 definitions
a magical shoe that conveys the wearer anywhere they wish

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a work of art

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of medicinal root

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a specific musical microtone

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular Yoga

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Supernatural Powers and Magical Attainments

4 definitions
vanishing or making oneself invisible

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the acquisition of supernatural powers by magical means or the faculty so acquired

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The state where one feels oneself and the earth to be full of energy. 2. Achieving a desired outcome through spiritual force. 3. Characterized by intuition, divine hearing, visions of deities, and spiritual attainment. 4. Eightfold.

The Purana Index

eighteen supernatural powers attained through yoga

The Purana Index

Skill, Efficacy, and Artistry

3 definitions
any unusual skill, faculty, or capability

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

skill in general, dexterity, art

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

efficacy

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Action of Removing or Setting Aside

2 definitions
driving off, putting aside

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

removal

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Understanding, Intellect, and Knowledge

2 definitions
understanding, intellect

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

becoming clear or intelligible

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Healing and Cure of Disease

1 definition
healing of a disease

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Preparation, Cooking, Maturing

1 definition
preparation, cooking, or maturing

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Rhetorical Figure

1 definition
pointing out in the same person various good qualities not usually united

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Spiritual Liberation and Supreme Felicity

1 definition
supreme bliss, final emancipation, and perfection

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

State of Readiness

1 definition
readiness

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.