Various forms of the word siddhi or siddha occur in the Gita in the following verses, often in the sense of achieving ‘perfection’ or ’success’ in yoga or spiritual practice:

2.48, 3.4, 3.20 (saṃsiddhi), 4.12 (karmaṇāṃ siddhi), 4.22, 4.38 (yoga-saṃsiddhi), 6.37 (yoga-saṃsiddhi), 6.43, 6.45, 7.3, 8.15, 10.26, 11.22, 11.36, 12.10, 14.1, 16.23, 18.26, 18.45 (saṃsiddhi), 18.46, 18.49-50

I hope this helps,
Howard Resnick

On Jun 7, 2022, at 12:37 AM, patrick mccartney via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Friends,

Can anyone provide some primary references to the idea of "perfectionism" or becoming/being "perfect" as some sort of yogic aspiration?

I think about an example such as atisiddhi  (great perfection), or siddhi, more generally. I'm wondering if other terms come to someone's mind. For instance, some sort of antonym, like
avadyagohana (concealing imperfection) [RV. i, 34, 3] is interesting.

Thank you.


All the best,

Patrick McCartney, PhD
Adjunct Lecturer - Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Research Associate - Nanzan University Anthropological Institute, Nagoya, Japan
Visiting Fellow - South and South-east Asian Studies Department, Australian National University
Member - South Asia Research Institute (SARI), Australian National University

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