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	A '''''sādhaka''''' or '''''sādhak''''' or '''''sādhaj''''' ({{lang-sa\|साधक}}), in [[Indian religions]] and [[Indian culture\|traditions]], such as [[Jainism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]] and [[Yoga]], is someone who follows a particular ''[[sādhanā]]'', or a way of life designed to realize the goal of one's ultimate ideal, whether it is merging with one's eternal source, ''[[brahman]]'', or realization of one's personal deity. The word is related to the Sanskrit ''[[sādhu]]'', which is derived from the verb root ''sādh-'', 'to accomplish'. As long as one has yet to reach the goal, they are a ''sādhaka or sādhak'', while one who has reached the goal is called a ''[[siddha]]''.<ref name="Klostermaier">{{cite book\|last=Klostermaier\|first=Klaus K.\|authorlink=Klaus Klostermaier\|title=A survey of Hinduism\|publisher=SUNY Press\|year=1994\|page=346\|isbn=978-0-7914-2109-3\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avYkrkSmImcC&pg=PA346}}</ref> In modern usage, ''sadhaka'' is often applied as a generic term for any religious practitioner. In [[medieval India]], it was more narrowly used as a technical term for one who had gone through a specific initiation.<ref name="Wallace">{{cite book\|last=Wallace\|first=Glenn\|title=Mediating the power of Buddhas: ritual in the Mañjuʹsrīmūlakalpa\|publisher=SUNY Press\|year=2002\|page=129\|isbn=978-0-7914-5411-4\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlHdZXPdJkEC&pg=PA129}}</ref>		A '''''sādhaka''''' or '''''sādhak''''' or '''''sādhaj''''' ({{lang-sa\|साधक}}), in [[Indian religions]] and [[Indian culture\|traditions]], such as [[Jainism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]] and [[Yoga]], is someone who follows a particular ''[[sādhanā]]'', or a way of life designed to realize the goal of one's ultimate ideal, whether it is merging with one's eternal source, ''[[brahman]]'', or realization of one's personal deity. The word is related to the Sanskrit ''[[sādhu]]'', which is derived from the verb root ''sādh-'', 'to accomplish'. As long as one has yet to reach the goal, they are a ''sādhaka or sādhak'', while one who has reached the goal is called a ''[[siddha]]''.<ref name="Klostermaier">{{cite book\|last=Klostermaier\|first=Klaus K.\|authorlink=Klaus Klostermaier\|title=A survey of Hinduism\|publisher=SUNY Press\|year=1994\|page=346\|isbn=978-0-7914-2109-3\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avYkrkSmImcC&pg=PA346}}</ref> In modern usage, ''sadhaka'' is often applied as a generic term for any religious practitioner. In [[medieval India]], it was more narrowly used as a technical term for one who had gone through a specific initiation.<ref name="Wallace">{{cite book\|last=Wallace\|first=Glenn\|title=Mediating the power of Buddhas: ritual in the Mañjuʹsrīmūlakalpa\|publisher=SUNY Press\|year=2002\|page=129\|isbn=978-0-7914-5411-4\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlHdZXPdJkEC&pg=PA129}}</ref>

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[[File:Rajakapotasana.jpg|thumb|Sadhaka]]
A '''''sādhaka''''' or '''''sādhak''''' or '''''sādhaj''''' ({{lang-sa|साधक}}), in [[Indian religions]] and [[Indian culture|traditions]], such as [[Jainism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]] and [[Yoga]], is someone who follows a particular ''[[sādhanā]]'', or a way of life designed to realize the goal of one's ultimate ideal, whether it is merging with one's eternal source, ''[[brahman]]'', or realization of one's personal deity. The word is related to the Sanskrit ''[[sādhu]]'', which is derived from the verb root ''sādh-'', 'to accomplish'. As long as one has yet to reach the goal, they are a ''sādhaka or sādhak'', while one who has reached the goal is called a ''[[siddha]]''.<ref name="Klostermaier">{{cite book|last=Klostermaier|first=Klaus K.|authorlink=Klaus Klostermaier|title=A survey of Hinduism|publisher=SUNY Press|year=1994|page=346|isbn=978-0-7914-2109-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avYkrkSmImcC&pg=PA346}}</ref> In modern usage, ''sadhaka'' is often applied as a generic term for any religious practitioner. In [[medieval India]], it was more narrowly used as a technical term for one who had gone through a specific initiation.<ref name="Wallace">{{cite book|last=Wallace|first=Glenn|title=Mediating the power of Buddhas: ritual in the Mañjuʹsrīmūlakalpa|publisher=SUNY Press|year=2002|page=129|isbn=978-0-7914-5411-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlHdZXPdJkEC&pg=PA129}}</ref>

[[Hindu]], [[Jain]], [[Tantra|Tantric]], [[Yogic]] and [[Vajrayana]] [[Buddhist]] traditions use the term ''sadhaka or sādhak'' for spiritual initiates and/or aspirants.<ref name="Klostermaier" /><ref name="Wallace" /><ref name="Sharma">{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=R. S.|title=Early Medieval Indian Society|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2003|pages=269|isbn=978-81-250-2523-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEWMG_8yi9oC&pg=PA269}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Yogi]]

==Notes==
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