[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.5652 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5652 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5652 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5652) siddham (EI 30; CII 3), literally, ‘success has been attained’; an invocation found in early inscriptions at the commencement of the text; used in the sense of siddhir=astu, ‘let there be success’; sometimes confused with the praṇava; generally indicated in later records by a symbol having several varieties; sometimes indicated by the letter cha. Cf. siddhi - [Previous: c6.5651](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5651) - [Next: c6.5653](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5653) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5652](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5652) · Pramāṇa