Amitābha

[ uh-mi-tah-buh ]

noun

, Sanskrit.

1. a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss.

Amitabha

/ ˌamiˈtɑbə /

noun

1. Buddhism (in Pure Land sects) a Bodhisattva who presides over a Pure Land in the west of the universe Japanese nameAmida

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amitābha¹

First recorded in 1830–40; from Sanskrit Amitābha- “Infinite Light,” equivalent to amita “infinite, boundless” + ābhā “light, splendor”

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amitābha¹

Sanskrit, literally: immeasurable light, from amita infinite + ābhā light

Example Sentences

The earthly shell in which the soul of Amitabha lives on through time!

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Whatever others may say of me I will recite sutras kneeling before Amitabha Buddha.

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Amitabha is the Sanskrit of Amida, or the deification of boundless light.

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After the decease, Amitabha clothes himself in the body of a newly born boy, and the difficulty is to discover where this boy is.

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