Pāli Dictionary

amita

approximate

aprefixmāroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mā5測定

Antonyms

mita

general

  • 無量の；無限の；数え切れない

  • 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

  • パドゥムッタラ仏の二人の上首女弟子の一人である。

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

Amitā2
Person

  • シーハハヌの娘でスッドーダナの妹であり、サキャ族のスッパブッダと結婚してバッダカッチャーナーとデーヴァダッタの母となり、仏陀の父方の叔母にあたる。

  • 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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