— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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
Meanings by context
Proper Names (Deities, Persons, Personifications)
16 definitions
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Siddhi1 (“success,” personif.). § 132 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67,
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Siddhi (I) — wife of Bhaga. Bhā. VI. 18. 2. [ID=15891]
— The Purana Index
— The Purana Index
Siddhi (III) — the wife of Kāma. Br. II. 9. 62. [ID=15893]
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Accomplishment, Success, Fulfilment
12 definitions
2. सिद्धि (siddhi) f. (for 1. See p. 1215, col. 1) accomplishment, performance, fulfilment, complete attainment (of any object), success, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ID=244656]
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mark (lc.); accomplishment, performance, fulfilment,
complete attainment, success (sg.,
pl.; ord. mg.); getting the better of, cure (of
a disease), by (—°); coming into force; payment,
recovery (of money due); attainment
of oneʼs aims, success, fortune (common mg.);
personal perfection entailing the acquisition
of supernatural powers (phil.); magical
power (often °— w. the magical object); efficacy,
efficiency, skill; resultance, establishment,
demonstration; work of art (rare);
Success personified as a goddess, as Durgā;
N. of a female friend of Danu: -ka, a. —° =
siddhi, magical power; -kara, a. (ī) producing
success or fortune: ī, f. N. of a sorceress;
-kāra-ka, a. causing any one (g.) to attain
his object; producing an effect; -kārin, a.
accomplishing anything (g.); -kṣetra, n.
field of success, successfully accomplished object;
-jñāna, n. certain knowledge; -da, a.
granting success or fortune; -darśin, a. seeing
future success, knowing the future;
-prāya, a. near to perfection; -mat, a. successful;
perfect (man); possessing magical
power; m. perfect man; -mārga, m. road to
fairyland; -yātrika, a. wandering about for
the purpose of learning magical arts; m.
fortune-hunter; -yoga, m. employment of
magical power; -varti, f. magical wick;
-īśvara, m. lord of magical power, ep. of
Śiva; n. N. of a region sacred to Śiva. [ID=19399]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
सिद्धि (siddhi) f. (-द्धिः (-ddhiḥ))
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
सिद्धि (siddhi) (द्धिः) ((ddhiḥ)) 2. f. Fulfilment, completion; perfection; final bliss; success; knowledge; correctness; payment; concealment; perfection in magic; magic shoe; 16th yoga. [ID=41634]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
सिद्धि (siddhi) f. 1. Accomplishment, fulfilment, perfection, complete attainment (of any object), अदूरवर्तिनीं सिद्धि (siddhi)ं राजन् विगणयात्मनः (adūravartinīṃ siddhiṃ rājan vigaṇayātmanaḥ) R. i.87; 2. success, prosperity, well-being; 3. settlement, establishment; 4. substantiation, proof, indisputable conclusion; 5. validity (of a rule or law); 6. certainty, truth, accuracy, correctness; 7. decision, adjudication, determination (of a law-suit); 8. payment, liquidation (of a debt); 9. the solution of a problem; 10. preparation, cooking; 11. readiness; 12. complete sanctification; 13. final emancipation, supreme felicity, beatitude; 14. the acquisition of supernatural powers by magical means; 15. marvellous skill or capability; 16. good effect or result; 17. understanding, intellect; 18. concealment, vanishing, making oneself invisible; 19. a superhuman power or faculty, the same as विभूति (vibhūti) q.v.; 20. a particular kind of Yoga. [ID=40756]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
सिद्धि (siddhi)
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of the gods or of ascetic severities.
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
सिद्धि (siddhi) siddhi, i. e. sidh + ti, f. 1.
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— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
सिद्धि (siddhi) f. hitting or reaching the aim, attainment of an object, performance, accomplishment, conclusion, result; success, prosperity, welfare; perfection, supernatural power. [ID=36894]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
siddhi, f.
—1. success, 3610; accomplishment (of a wish), 2421; successful performance, 5714; attainment of an object, 5211;
—2. (perfection, i. e.) magic power. [prop. ‘the reaching an aim,’ √2sidh, ‘hit the mark,’ 1157. 1a.] [ID=4588]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
Siddhi, is, f. accomplishment, fulfilment, com- pletion, perfection, complete attainment (of any object), performance; success, prosperity, well-being; settlement, establishment, substantiation, demonstra- tion, proof, indisputable conclusion; validity (of a rule or law); certainty, truth, accuracy, correctness; decision, adjudication, determination (of a lawsuit); payment, liquidation (of a debt), acquittance; the solution of a problem; preparation, cooking, matur- ing, maturity; readiness; complete knowledge; complete perfection or sanctification (by penance &c.); final emancipation, supreme felicity, beati- tude; the acquisition of supernatural powers by magical means or the supernatural faculty so ac- quired, (eight are usually enumerated, e. g. aṇiman, mahiman, laghiman, gariman, prāpti, prā- kāmya, īśi-tva, vaśi-tva, q. q. v. v., to which is sometimes added kāmāvasāyi-tva and many others, e. g. siddhiḥ khecarī, the magical power of flying through the air; rasollāsa, q. v., vi-śokā, q. v., see also under siddha, p. 1114); any marvellous skill or capability; a magical shoe or slipper (supposed to have the power of conveying the wearer wherever he likes); good effect or result, use, advantage; un- derstanding, intellect; concealment, vanishing, mak- ing one's self invisible; a particular Yoga (either the sixteenth of the astronomical periods or the nine- teenth of the twenty-eight astrological Yogas); a kind of medicinal root (= ṛddhi); Perfection (per- sonified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma); N. of a Yoginī; of Durgā; of Śiva, (in this sense masc.) —Siddhi-kāraṇa, am, n. a cause of beatitude, means of obtaining felicity. —Siddhi- cāmuṇḍā-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a Tīrtha. —Siddhi- da, as, ā, am, conferring felicity or beatitude; (as), m. epithet of a form of Bhairava or Śiva (= vaṭuka- bhairava). —Siddhi-dātrī, f. ‘giver of perfection,’ epithet of Durgā. —Siddhi-bhairava, am, n., N. of a Tantra work. —Siddhi-yoga, as, m. a parti- cular auspicious conjunction of the planets. —Sid- dhi-yoginī, f. a kind of Yoginī. —Siddhi-lābha, as, m. acquirement of success or perfection. —Sid- dhi-sopāna, ‘ladder of success,’ N. of a work. —Siddhi-sthāna, am, n. ‘place of felicity,’ N. of any sacred spot where final beatitude is obtained by religious worship (such as particular places on the Ganges or Sarasvatī). —Siddhy-artham, ind. for the sake of accomplishing or obtaining. [ID=52243]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Proof, Validation, and Settlement
5 definitions
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Specific Objects and Technical Terms
5 definitions
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Supernatural Powers and Magical Attainments
4 definitions
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
[Footnote: 1) Vā. 11. 64.]
[Footnote: 2) Ib. 59. 75.]
[Footnote: 3) Ib. 12. 6 and 9.]
[Footnote: 4) Vi. I. 6. 16.]
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— The Purana Index
— The Purana Index
Skill, Efficacy, and Artistry
3 definitions
any unusual skill or faculty or capability (often in comp.), Pañcat.; Kathās. [ID=244671]
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— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Action of Removing or Setting Aside
2 definitions
1. सिद्धि (siddhi) f. driving off, putting aside, Yājñ. [ID=244300]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
सिद्धि (siddhi) 1. sid-dhi, f. [√1. sidh + ti] putting
aside, removal. [ID=19398]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Understanding, Intellect, and Knowledge
2 definitions
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Healing and Cure of Disease
1 definition
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Preparation, Cooking, Maturing
1 definition
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Rhetorical Figure
1 definition
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Spiritual Liberation and Supreme Felicity
1 definition
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State of Readiness
1 definition
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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.