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[ uh-mi-tah-buh ]

noun

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


Amitabha

/ ˌˈɑə /

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 1

First recorded in 1830–40; from Sanskrit - “Infinite Light,” equivalent to amita “infinite, boundless” + “light, splendor”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of 1

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

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

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

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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 ", the unbounded light, is the source of wisdom, of virtue, of Buddhahood.

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However, the repetition of the name 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.

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The Blessed One after having explained his doctrine of , 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.

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