Pāli Dictionary

amita

aprefixmāroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mā5mesurer

Antonyms

mita

general

  • immense; illimité; innombrable

  • 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
Personapproximate

  • L’une des deux principales disciples féminines du Bouddha Padumuttara.

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

Amitā2
Personapproximate

  • Une fille de Sīhahanu et sœur de Suddhodana, mariée à Suppabuddha le Sakya et devenue la mère de Bhaddakaccānā et de Devadatta, et donc tante paternelle du Bouddha.

  • 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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