Amitayu, Amit腻测耻, Amita-ayu: 2 definitions
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAmit腻测耻 (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶距く啷�).鈥擭ame of a Dhy膩nibuddha.
Derivable forms: 补尘颈迟腻测耻岣� (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶距く啷佮).
Amit腻测耻 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amita and 腻测耻 (啶嗋く啷�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAmit腻测耻 (啶呧ぎ啶苦い啶距く啷�).鈥�(or 掳yus; n. sg. always 掳yus), another name for Amit膩bha, q.v.: 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 184.13; 419.3 (one ms. 掳t膩bha); 厂耻惫补谤峁嘺产丑腻蝉辞迟迟补尘补蝉奴迟谤补 8.2; 120.6; 搁腻峁ａ弓谤补辫腻濒补辫补谤颈辫峁沜肠丑腻 57.21; 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫测奴丑补 32.13; 49.4; (in the 鈥楽maller 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫测奴丑补鈥� mentioned before, and oftener than, Amit膩bha: 93.3; 95.15 etc.).
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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