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Festivals Mahavir Jayanti Paryushana Diwali Portal icon Jainism portal v t e In the Hindu philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism (Hindu tantra), siddha refers to a S iddha Guru who can by way of Shaktipat initiate disciples into Yoga. A Siddham i n Tamil means "one who is accomplished" and refers to perfected masters who, acc ording to Hindu belief, have transcended the ahamkara (ego or I-maker), have sub dued their minds to be subservient to their Awareness, and have transformed thei r bodies (composed mainly of dense Rajotama gunas) into a different kind of body dominated by sattva. This is usually accomplished only by persistent meditation . According to Jain beliefs, Siddhas are liberated souls who have destroyed all th e karma bondings. Siddha do not have any kind of body, they are soul at its pure st form. They reside in Siddha-shila which is situated at the top of the Univers e. A siddha has also been defined to refer to one who has attained a siddhi. The si ddhis as paranormal abilities are considered emergent abilities of an individual that is on the path to siddhahood, and do not define a siddha, who is establish ed in the Pranav or Aum the spiritual substrate of creation. The siddhi in its p ure form means "the attainment of flawless identity with Reality (Brahman); perf ection of Spirit." Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Siddha or Siddhar (Tamil tradition) Siddha in Jainism Siddhashila Siddhashrama Siddha Sampradaya 5.1 The eighty-four Siddhas in the Varna(na)ratnakara 5.2 The Siddhas in the Hathayogapradipika Siddha Medicine See also References External links

Siddha or Siddhar (Tamil tradition) In Tamil Nadu, South India, a siddha (see Siddhar) refers to a being who has ach ieved a high degree of physical as well as spiritual perfection or enlightenment . The ultimate demonstration of this is that siddhas allegedly attained physical immortality. Thus siddha, like siddhar or cittar (indigenisation of Sanskrit te rm in Tamil Nadu) refers to a person who has realised the goal of a type of sadh ana and become a perfected being. In Tamil Nadu, South India, where the siddha t radition is still practiced, special individuals are recognized as and called si ddhas (or siddhars or cittars) who are on the path to that assumed perfection af ter they have taken special secret rasayanas to perfect their bodies, in order t o be able to sustain prolonged meditation along with a form of pranayama which c onsiderably reduces the number of breaths they take.

The well known 18 siddhars are listed below. The head of all siddhars is Sri Kag apujandar Patanjali Agasthyar Kamalamuni Thirumoolar Kuthambai Korakkar Thanvandri Konganar Sattamuni Vanmeegar Ramadevar Nandeeswarar (Nandidevar) Edaikkadar Machamuni Karuvoorar Bogar Pambatti Siddhar Sundarandandar Siddha in Jainism Siddhas are the liberated souls. They have completely ended the cycle of birth a nd death. They have reached the ultimate state of salvation. They do not have an y karmas and they do not collect any new karmas. This state of true freedom is c alled Moksha. They are formless and have no passions and therefore are free from all temptations. According to Jains, Siddhas have eight specific characteristics or qualities (8 guas). Ancient Tamil Jain Classic 'Choodamani Nigandu' describes the eight charac teristics in a beautiful poem, which is given below.[1] "??????? ????????? ?????? ??????? ???? ???????? ????????? ??????? ???????????????? ??????? ???????? ???????????? ????? ??????? ????? ????? ?????????????? ????????" This means,the soul that has infinite knowledge (Ananta jnana, ??????? ?????), i nfinite vision or wisdom (Ananta darshana, ??????? ??????), infinite power (Anan ta labdhi, ??????? ???????), infinite bliss (Ananta sukha, ??????? ??????), with out name (Akshaya sthiti, ?????????), without association to any caste (Being vi taraga, ?????????????), infinite life span (Being arupa, ????? ?????) and withou t any change (Aguruladhutaa, ????? ??????) is God. Thiruvalluvar in his Tamil book Thirukural refer to the eight qualities of God,[ 2] in one of his couplet poems. Siddhashila Siddhashila as per the Jain cosmology In Jain cosmology, siddhashila is situated at the very top of universe. The sidd has (liberated souls who will never take birth again, who have gone above the cy cle of life and death) go to the siddhashila after being liberated and stays the re till infinity. Siddha is a level of soul above Arihant who possess kevala jana . In Hindu cosmology, siddhaloka is a subtle world (loka) where perfected beings ( siddhas) take birth. They are endowed with the eight primary siddhis at birth.

Siddhashrama In Hindu theology, Siddhashrama is a secret land deep in the Himalayas, where gr eat yogis, sadhus and sages who are siddhas live. The concept is similar to Tibe tan 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 Vam ana avatar. He takes Rama and Lakshmana to Siddhashrama to exterminate the raksh asas who are disturbing his religious sacrifices (i.28.1-20).[3][4] Siddha Sampradaya Whenever siddha is mentioned the 84 siddhas and 9 nathas are remembered and it i s this tradition of siddha which is known as the Siddha Sampradaya. Siddha is a term used for both mahasiddhas and nathas. So a siddha may mean a siddha, a maha siddha or a natha. The three words siddha, mahasiddha and natha are used interch angeably. The eighty-four Siddhas in the Varna(na)ratnakara A list of eighty-four siddhas is found in a manuscript (manuscript no 48/34 of t he Asiatic Society of Bengal) dated Lakshmana Samvat 388 (1506) of a medieval Ma ithili work, the Varna(na)ratnakara written by Kavisekharacarya Jyotirisvara ?ha kura, the court poet of King Harisimhadeva of Mithila (reigned 1300 1321). An inte resting feature of this list is that the names of the most revered Nathas are in corporated in this list along with the Buddhist Siddhacharyas. The names of the Siddhas found in this list are:[5][6] Minanatha Gorakshanatha Chauranginatha Chamarinatha Tantipa Halipa Kedaripa Dhongapa Daripa Virupa Kapali Kamari Kanha Kanakhala Mekhala Unmana Kandali Dhovi Jalandhara

Tongi Mavaha Nagarjuna Dauli Bhishala Achiti Champaka Dhentasa Bhumbhari Bakali

Tuji Charpati Bhade Chandana Kamari Karavat Dharmapapatanga Bhadra Patalibhadra

Palihiha Bhanu Mina Nirdaya Savara Santi Bhartrihari Bhishana Bhati Gaganapa Gamara Menura Kumari Jivana Aghosadhava Girivara Siyari Nagavali Bibhavat

Saranga Vivikadhaja Magaradhaja Achita Bichita Nechaka Chatala Nachana Bhilo Pahila Pasala Kamalakangari Chipila Govinda Bhima Bhairava Bhadra Bhamari Bhurukuti The Siddhas in the Hathayogapradipika In the first upadesa (chapter) of the Ha?hayogapradipika, a 15th century text, a list of yogis is found, who are described as the Mahasiddhas. This list has a n umber of names common with those found in the list of the Varna(na)ratnakara:[5] [7]

Adinatha Matsyendra Savara Anandabhairava Chaurangi Minanatha Gorak?anatha Virupak?a

Bilesaya Manthana Bhairava Siddhibuddha Kantha?i Kora??aka Surananda Siddhapada

Charpa?i Kaneri Pujyapada Nityanatha Nirajana Kapali Bindunatha Kakacha??isvara

Allama Prabhudeva Gho?a Chholi ?i??i?i Bhanuki Naradeva Kha??akapalika Siddha Medicine Main article: Siddha Medicine Siddha Medicine (" ????? ?????????? " or " ????? ?????????? " in Tamizh) is one of the oldest medical systems known to mankind.[8] Contemporary Tamizh literatur e holds that the system of Siddha medicine originated in Southern India, in the state of Tamil Nadu, as part of the trio Indian medicines - ayurveda, siddha and unani. Reported to have surfaced more than 2500 years ago,[9] the Siddha system of medicine is considered one of the most ancient traditional medical systems. See also Ayurveda Siddhar Agastyar Kagapujandar Mahasiddha Siddha Sampradaya

Siddha Yoga Siddhi Tirumular Traditional Knowledge Digital Library References ^ J. Srichandran(1981),??? ?????????? ???? ?????????????, Vardhamanan Padhip akam, Chennai, Page 18 ^ Ashraf, N.V.K. Tirukkural: Getting close to the original In Spirit, Conten t and Style, http://web.archive.org/web/20080630190537/http://www.geocities.com/ nvashraf/kureng/close01.htm, accessed on 22 March 2008 ^ Vyas, R.T. (ed.) (1992). Valmiki Ramaya?a, Text as Constituted in its Crit ical Edition. Vadodara: Oriental Institute, Vadodara. p. 40. ^ Hanumanta Rao, Desiraju (1998). "Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Chapter 29" . valmikiramayan.net website. Retrieved 2009-10-21. ^ a b Dasgupta, Sashibhusan (1995). Obscure Religious Cults, Firma K.L.M., C alcutta, ISBN 81-7102-020-8, pp.203ff, 204 ^ Shastri Haraprasad (ed.) (1916, 3rd edition 2006). Hajar Bacharer Purano B angala Bhasay Bauddhagan O Doha (in Bengali), Kolkata: Vangiya Sahitya Parishad, pp.xxxv-vi ^ Sinh, Pancham (tr.) (1914). "Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Chapter 1". sacred-text s.com website. Retrieved 2009-11-12. ^ http://www.siddhainstitute.com/about-siddha ^ Team visits Government Siddha Medical College, The Hindu, Saturday, 20 Feb 2010. http://siddhainstitute.com/articles/varmam-healing - Understanding Varmam He aling http://siddhainstitute.com/articles/therapeutic-siddha-varmam - Therapeutic Siddha Varmam External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Siddha Details of 18 Siddhas Tamil Siddha tradition [show] v t e Shaivism Categories: Shaivism Navigation menu Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history

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