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Biog. Ida, or Idda (ēd'dä). The chief city of Igara (which see). Idaho (i'da-ho). One of the Western States of the United States of America. Capital, Boisé City. It is bounded by British America on the north, Montana and Wyoming on the east, Utah and Nevada on the south, and Washington and Oregon on the west, lying between lat. 42° and 49° N., and long. 111° and 117° 10' W. It has 21 counties; sends 2 senators and 1 representative to Congre ; and has 3 electoral votes. It contains the Salmon River Mountains, and on the eastern border the Rocky and Bitter Root Mountains. The leading occupations are mining of gold and silver and cattle-raising. It formed part of the Louisiana ce ion;; was originally part of Oregon Territory, and later of Washington Territory; and was organized as a separate Territory in 1863 (includ. ing the present Montana and part of Wyoming). The present boundary was settled in 1868, and Idaho was admitted as a State in 1890. Area, 84,800 square miles. Population (1900), 161,772. Idalium (i-dā'li-um), or Idalia (i-dā'li-ä). [Gr. Ιδάλιον.] A town and promontory on the coast of Cyprus, sacred to Aphrodite, who was sometimes called Idalia. Idar (e'där). A small town in Birkenfeld, Oldenburg, Germany, about 30 miles east of Treves. Iddesleigh, Earl of. See North cote . Iddhi (id'd-hi). [The Pali for the Skt. rddhi , succe .] In Buddhist theology, the name for the extraordinary powers over matter po e ed by the Arhat or Buddhist in the fourth stage of moral perfection. In this stage he has gained the Abhinnas, “transcendent faculties of knowledge," the inner eye, the inner ear, knowledge of all thoughts, and recollection of previous existences and Iddhi. Under Iddhi are included: (1) the faculty of reducing the body to the size of an atom; (2) in creating size or weight at will; (3) making the body light at will; (4) reaching any object, however remote; (5) unlimited exercise of will; (6) absolute power over one's self and others; (7) subjecting the elements; (8) the suppre ion of all desires. See MonierWilliams, “Buddhism," pp. 133-245.