अमिताभ
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit अमिताभ (amitābha), from अमित (amita, “boundless, measureless”) + आभा (ābhā, “splendor, light”).[1][2][3]
Proper noun
[edit]अमिताभ • (amitābh) m
- a male given name, Amitabh, from Sanskrit
Declension
[edit]Declension of अमिताभ (masc cons-stem)
Noun
[edit]अमिताभ • (amitābh) m
- (Buddhism) Synonym of अमिताभ बुद्ध (amitābh buddh, “Amitābha Buddha”)
- (Hinduism) Amitābha (a class of deities)
Declension
[edit]Declension of अमिताभ (masc cons-stem)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ https://sanskrit.inria.fr/DICO/5.html#amitaa
- ^ Burnouf, E. (2010). Introduction to the History of Indian Buddhism. United Kingdom: University of Chicago Press, p. 139