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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
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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

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.

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.

However, the repetition of the name Amitābha Buddha is meritorious only if thou speak it with such a devout attitude of mind as will cleanse thy heart and attune thy will to do works of righteousness.

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

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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