Editing Siddha (section)

==Hinduism==
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In Hinduism, the first usage of the term siddha occurs in the ''Maitreya Upanishad'' in chapter Adhya III where the writer of the section declares "I am Siddha."{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

===Siddhashrama===
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In Hindu theology, [[Siddhashrama]] is a secret land deep in the Himalayas, where great yogis, sadhus and [[Sage (philosophy)|sages]] who are siddhas live. The concept is similar to Tibetan 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 [[Vamana]] [[avatar]]. He takes Rama and Lakshmana to Siddhashrama to exterminate the [[rakshasa]]s who are disturbing his religious sacrifices (i.28.1-20).{{sfnp|Vyas|1992|p=40}}{{sfnp|Hanumanta Rao|1998}}

===Nath sampradaya===
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Whenever siddha is mentioned, the 84 siddhas and 9 nathas are remembered, and it is this tradition of siddha which is known as the Nath tradition. Siddha is a term used for both [[mahasiddha]]s and Naths So a siddha may mean a siddha, a mahasiddha or a nath. The three words are used interchangeably.

====In the Varna(na)ratnakara====
A list of eighty-four siddhas is found in a manuscript (manuscript no 48/34 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal) dated Lakshmana Samvat 388 (1506) of a medieval [[Maithili language|Maithili]] work, the [[Varna Ratnakara]] (devnagari: वर्ण-रत्नाकर) written by [[Jyotirishwar Thakur]], the court poet of King Harisimhadeva of Mithila (reigned 1300–1321). An interesting feature of this list is that the names of the most revered naths are incorporated in this list along with Buddhist siddhācāryas. The names of the siddhas found in this list are:{{sfnp|Dasgupta|1995|pp=203ff, 204}}{{sfnp|Haraprasad|2006|pp=xxxv-vi}}

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# Minanātha
# Gorakshanātha
# Chauranginātha
# Chāmarinātha
# Tantipā
# Hālipā
# Kedāripā
# Dhongapā
# Dāripā
# [[Virupa|Virūpa]]
# Kapāli
# Kamāri
# Kānha
# [[Kanakhala]]
# [[Mekhala and Kanakhala|Mekhala]]
# Unmana
# Kāndali
# Dhovi
# Jālandhara
# Tongi
# Mavaha
# Nāgārjuna
# Dauli
# Bhishāla
# Achiti
# Champaka
# Dhentasa
# Bhumbhari
# Bākali
# Tuji
# Charpati
# Bhāde
# Chāndana
# Kāmari
# Karavat
# Dharmapāpatanga
# Bhadra
# Pātalibhadra
# Palihiha
# Bhānu
# Mina
# Nirdaya
# Savara
# Sānti
# Bhartrihari
# Bhishana
# Bhati
# Gaganapā
# Gamāra
# Menurā
# Kumāri
# Jivana
# Aghosādhava
# Girivara
# Siyāri
# Nāgavāli
# Bibhavat
# Sāranga
# Vivikadhaja
# Magaradhwaja
# Achita
# Bichita
# Nechaka
# Chātala
# Nāchana
# Bhilo
# Pāhila
# Pāsala
# Kamalakangāri
# Chipila
# Govinda
# Bhima
# Bhairava
# Bhadra
# Bhamari
# Bhurukuti
}}

====In the ''Hatha Yoga Pradipika''====
In the first ''upadeśa'' (chapter) of the ''[[Hatha Yoga Pradipika]]'', a 15th-century text, a list of yogis is found, who are described as the Mahasiddhas. This list has a number of names common with those found in the list of the ''Varna(na)ratnākara'':{{sfnp|Dasgupta|1995|pp=203ff, 204}}{{sfnp|Sinh|1914}}

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# Ādinātha
# Matsyendra
# Śāvara
# Ānandabhairava
# Chaurangi
# Minanātha
# Gorakṣanātha
# Virupākṣa
# Bileśaya
# Manthāna
# Bhairava
# Siddhibuddha
# Kanthaḍi
# Koraṃṭaka
# Surānanda
# Siddhapāda
# Charpaṭi
# Kānerī
# Pūjyapāda
# Nityanātha
# Nirañjana
# Kapālī
# Bindunātha
# Kākachaṇḍīśvarā
# Allāma
# Prabhudeva
# Ghoḍā
# Chholī 
# Ṭiṃṭiṇi
# Bhānukī
# Nāradeva
# Khaṇḍakāpālika
}}

===Tamil tradition===
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In [[Tamil Nadu]], South India, a siddha (see ''[[siddhar]]'') refers to a being who has achieved 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]], refers to a person who has realised the goal of a type of [[sadhana]] and become a perfected being. In Tamil Nadu, South India, where the siddha tradition is still practiced, special individuals are recognized as and called siddhas (or siddhars or cittars) who are on the path to that assumed perfection after they have taken special secret [[rasayana]]s to perfect their bodies, in order to be able to sustain prolonged meditation along with a form of [[pranayama]] which considerably reduces the number of breaths they take. Siddha were said to have special powers including flight. These eight powers are collectively known as attamasiddhigal (ashtasiddhi). In [[Hindu cosmology]], ''Siddhaloka'' is a subtle world (''[[loka]]'') where perfected beings (siddhas) take birth. They are endowed with the eight primary [[siddhi]]s at birth.