| 释义 |
‖ siddha|ˈsida|
Also Siddha.
[Skr., f. sidh- to be fulfilled.]
In Indian religions, one who has attained perfection, a saint, a semi-divine being; spec. in Jainism, a perfected, bodyless being, freed from the cycle of rebirths.
1846[see Gandharva]. 1883M. M. Williams Relig. Thought & Life in India vii. 191 All who are uninitiated into this system [sc. Sāktism] are styled ‘beasts’ (pasu), the initiated being called Siddha, ‘the perfect ones’. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 11/3 At the end of a period of thirty years, the venerable ascetic Mahavir became a siddha, freed from the cycle of birth. |