Abhijñā

[5] In terms of specifically enumerated knowledges, these include mundane extra-sensory abilities (such as seeing past lives and various supranormal powers like levitation) as well as the supramundane, meaning the extinction of all mental intoxicants (āsava).

In Pali literature, abhiññā refers to both the direct apprehension of dhamma (translated below as "states" and "qualities") as well as to specialized super-normal capabilities.

The body-group, the feeling-group, the perception-group, the mental-formation group, the consciousness-group... What, monks, are the states to be abandoned with higher knowledge?They are ignorance and the desire for [further] becoming.

[11] While such powers are considered to be indicative of spiritual progress, Buddhism cautions against their indulgence or exhibition since such could divert one from the true path of obtaining suffering's release.

[9] The first five types of Abhijna, are similar to the siddhis of yoga in Hinduism, mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana and by Patanjali:[9]

Gautama Buddha depicted in Greco-Buddhist style , demonstrating control over the fire and water elements. 3rd century CE, Gandhara (modern eastern Afghanistan).