History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.232
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.232
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¹⁸¹⁴ अणिमा महिमा च तथा गरिमा लघिमेशिता वशित्व च। प्राप्तिः प्राकाम्य चेत्यष्टैश्वर्याणि योगयुक्तस्य॥ अष्टैश्वर्यसमेतो जीवन्मुक्त प्रकथ्यते योगी। प्रपञ्चसार 19. 62-63. For a personal experience of levitation in modern times, vide 'The invisible influence' by Dr Alexander Cannon (15th impression, 1935) chap II. pp. 39-41. The कल्पतरु (मोक्षकाण्ड pp. 216-17) quotes a long prose passage from the ancient writer देवल who names and illustrates the eight siddhis or vibhūtis (omits गरिमा and adds यत्रकामावसायित्व).
Linked texts (3)
- Prapañcasāratantra — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Devalasmṛti — Devala, Sanskrit
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit