[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957) › c19.113 # Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.113 Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.113 - **Language:** English ### [c19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.113) Iddhipadas.—The most natural interpretation of the Iddhipādas would be to regard them as practices tending to bring about "Iddhis" or supernormal powers.⁸² So much indeed is at places explicitly asserted.⁸³ On the other hand, the Iddhipādas are also described as leading to Nibbāna⁸⁴ and to be essential to Vimutti.⁸⁵ The detailed description of the Four Iddhipādas is not perfectly clear. It is couched in more or less vague and general terms.⁸⁶ - [Previous: c19.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.112) - [Next: c19.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.114) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c19.113) · Pramāṇa