Pāli Dictionary

amita

aprefixmāroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mā5量

Antonyms

mita

general

  • 無量的；無限的；不可計數的

  • 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

  • 蓮花上佛的兩位首席女弟子之一。

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

Amitā2
Personapproximate

  • 西訶訶那之女，淨飯王之妹，嫁給釋迦族蘇波菩陀，育有跋陀迦旃那與提婆達多，是佛陀的姑母。

  • 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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