Magic in South Asia consists of pragmatic rituals aimed to transform the everyday world on behalf of a single practitioner or client; it originates and is most fully represented in the Śaiva tantras, even though Śaiva ritual techniques can be found in Buddhist and Jain tantras. Śaiva magic is constituted by the six magic ritual results (ṣaṭkarman), fantastic acts and enchanted items (indrajāla, kautukakarman), and conjuring (yakṣinīsādhana). Though such rites are prefigured by techniques found in the Vedas, Epic, and Legal literature--especially those practices labeled sorcery (abhicāra), root-work (mūlakarman), and medicine craft (auṣadhi)--the full bloom of Śaiva magic is found in the tantras. Magic is not to be confused with the perfections (siddhis) displayed by thaumaturges (siddhas) or the yoga powers displayed by perfected strivers (yogīs); magic is the realm of the, often singular, ritual practitioner (sādhaka).