aíśvarya n. the state of being a mighty lord, sovereignty, supremacy, power, sway ŚBr. xiii MBh. Mn. &c

• dominion Kathās.

• superhuman power (either perpetual or transient, consisting, according to some, of the following eight: aṇiman, laghiman,mahiman, prāpti, prākāmya, vaśitva, īśitva, and kāmâvasāyitva, qq.v

• or, according to others, of such powers as vision, audition, cogitation, discrimination, and omniscience

• and of active powers such as swiftness of thought, power of assuming forms at will, and faculty of expatiation Sarvad. &c.)