The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2261 page)

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Siddhattha
(P
li)
or Siddhartha
(Skt.). Personal name of the
Buddha
. It means ‘he whose aim is accomplished’.
Siddha Yoga Dham
.
A movement founded by Swami Muktananda which practises a form of
Ku
alin
yoga. In this, a force referred to as
aktipat
(‘descent of power’) is said to activate the spiritual energy within the central nervous system.
There are few strict rules apart from daily meditation and vegetarianism.
Siddh Go
(Pañj
b
, ‘discourse with siddhs’). Gur
N
nak's
discourse with
siddhs
(
N
th
yog
s
). The
janam-s
kh
s
provide a context of religious debate for the unified composition attributed to N
nak in the
di
Granth (938–46). The Siddh Go
summarizes N
nak's teaching in answer to wide-ranging questions.

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