Pāli Dictionary

amita

approximate

aprefixroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

5messen

Antonyms


general

  • unermesslich; grenzenlos; unzählbar

  • immeasurable; boundless; innumerable; endless

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā nu rūpe amite ca sadde, gandhe rase phusitabbe ca dhamme, ādittato'haṃ samathehi yutto, paññāya dacchaṃ tadidaṃ kadā me.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Amitā
Person
  • Eine der beiden führenden Schülerinnen des Buddha Padumuttara.

  • One of the two chief women disciples of the Buddha Padumuttara.

Amitā2
Person
  • Eine Tochter von Sīhahanu und Schwester von Suddhodana, die den Sakya Suppabuddha heiratete und die Mutter von Bhaddakaccānā und Devadatta wurde, somit eine Tante des Buddha väterlicherseits.

  • A daughter of Sīhahanu and sister of Suddhodana, who married Suppabuddha the Sakyan and became the mother of Bhaddakaccānā and Devadatta, and thus the paternal aunt of the Buddha.

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