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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Amitābha1

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

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

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

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

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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