A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.12

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The eight wonderful powers (aiśvara bala) of yogins are enumerated: āveśa (entering another’s body), cetaso jñānam (knowing another’s mind), arthānāṃ chandataḥ kriyā (doing things at will), dṛṣṭi (extraordinary power of vision), śrotra (extraordinary power of hearing), smṛti (extraordinary power of memory), kānti (extraordinary beauty) and iṣṭato ’darśanam (invisibility at pleasure) (1.140–141).30