Amitābha

[uh-mi-tah-buh]

noun Sanskrit.

Amida.

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Historical Examples of amitabha

The earthly shell in which the soul of Amitabha lives on through time!
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Sven Hedin
Amitabha is the Sanskrit of Amida, or the deification of boundless light.
The Religions of Japan
William Elliot Griffis
After the decease, Amitabha clothes himself in the body of a newly born boy, and the difficulty is to discover where this boy is.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Sven Hedin
Whatever others may say of me I will recite sutras kneeling before Amitabha Buddha.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Various

British Dictionary definitions for amitabha

Amitabha

noun

Buddhism (in Pure Land sects) a Bodhisattva who presides over a Pure Land in the west of the universeJapanese name: Amida

Word Origin for Amitabha

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

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