अमिताभ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमिताभ (amitābha), from अमित (amita, boundless, measureless) + आभा (ābhā, splendor, light).[1][2][3]

Proper noun

अमिताभ • (amitābh) m

  1. a male given name, Amitabh, from Sanskrit

Declension

Noun

अमिताभ • (amitābh) m

  1. (Buddhism) Synonym of अमिताभ बुद्ध (amitābh buddh, Amitābha Buddha)
  2. (Hinduism) Amitābha (a class of deities)

Declension

References

  1. Land of Bliss: The Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light : Sanskrit and Chinese Versions of the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sutras. (2002). India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, p. 282
  2. https://sanskrit.inria.fr/DICO/5.html#amitaa
  3. Burnouf, E. (2010). Introduction to the History of Indian Buddhism. United Kingdom: University of Chicago Press, p. 139
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