Amitābha

American  

[uh-mi-tah-buh] / ˌʌ mɪˈtɑ bə /

noun

Sanskrit.

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

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Amitabha British  

/ ˌamiˈtɑbə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Amitābha

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

Example Sentences

The Blessed One after having explained his doctrine of Amitābha, the immeasurable light which makes him who receives it a Buddha, looked into the heart of his disciple and saw still some doubts and anxieties.

From Project Gutenberg

That mendicant does right who does not think: 'People should salute me'; who, though despised by the world, yet cherishes no ill-will towards it.8 "That mendicant does right to whom omens, meteors, dreams, and signs are things abolished; he is free from all their evils.9 "Amitābha, the unbounded light, is the source of wisdom, of virtue, of Buddhahood.

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It is a term of later Buddhism and has been personified as Amitābha Buddha, or Amita.

From Project Gutenberg

The invocation of the all-saving name of Amitābha Buddha is a favorite tenet of the Lotus or Pure Land sect, so popular in China and Japan.

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