Aeshvarya

Aeshvarya (Bengali: ঐশ্বর্য, Devanagari: ऐश्वर्य) or Aeshvaryas), also known as Vibhúti are the occult power gained from the practice of the psychic mystic cult. There are eight Aeshvaryas or Vibhútis.

Meaning

The meaning of the word Aeshvarya is "occult power".

Eight Aeshvaryas

There are eight aeshvaryas or occult powers—

1. Ańimá, to become small (small enough to enter any physical particle or any crevice of another’s mind);
2. Mahimá, to become large (an expanded mind is omniscient, and feels love for the universe);
3. Laghimá, to become light (a light body can fly through air, a light mind can study the minds of others);
4. Prápti, to obtain any desired object;
5. Iishitva, to control (this supreme control may be used to guide others’ minds);
6. Vashitva, to psychically dominate others;
7. Prakámya, to materialize the desired outcome of events; and
8. Antaryámitva, to know the inner thought-wave and the inner need of any entity.