ऐश्वर्य n. n. the state of being a mighty lord, sovereignty, supremacy, power, sway,
[ŚBr. xiii] ;
[MBh.] ;
[Mn.] &c.
dominion,
[Kathās.] अणिमन् superhuman power (either perpetual or transient, consisting, according to some, of the following eight: ,
लघिमन्,
महिमन्,
प्राप्ति,
प्राकाम्य,
वशित्व,
ईशित्व, and
कामा-वसायित्व,
q.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.] )