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SANNYASA DHARMA
(3) ascertaining the past, the present, and the future conditions of a living being by examining his bodily limbs ;
(4) prognostication by means of sounds; (5) predicting the conditions of existence from the position of moles, warts etc.;
(6) divination by means of special bodily markings (palmistry, and the like);
(7) finding out the nature of one's past, present and future experiences by means of holes and marks in one's clothes, weapons, and the like; and
(8) divination by means of dreams, when these are not caused by the influences of bodily humours. 2. Kriya riddhi, that is, the power to move in the air, or on water, and the like, which embraces several other similar types.
3. Vikriya riddhi is generally the power of transformation of the body and of the bodily limbs, and may be of the following kinds :
(i) anima, becoming small like a point,
(ii) mahimā, becoming very big or large, like a mountain,
(iii) laghimā, becoming exceedingly light, (iv) garima, becoming very heavy,
(v) prāpti, the power to touch a distant mountain top with one's finger,
(vi) prakamya, moving on water as if it were earth, and vice versa,
(vii) isitva, the power of lordship over all,
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