Amitābha (English spelling)

Japanese: Amitābha(英語表記)Amitabha
Amitābha (English spelling)

...Of the 48 vows, the 18th vow states that one can attain rebirth in paradise by remembering Amida Buddha, and this became the basis for the practice of chanting the name of Amida in later China and Japan. This Buddha appears in Sanskrit documents as Amitābha (Infinite Light) and Amitāyus (Infinite Life), and Amida is probably a dialect of the first half of this, amitā (infiniteness) (there are other theories as well). Amida Buddha appears to have appeared in the early Kushan period (1st to 2nd century) as a Mahayana Buddhist Buddha, and it is said that his origin was influenced by Iranian thought.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Amitābha" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…四十八の誓願のうち第十八願は阿弥陀仏を念ずれば極楽往生できるというもので,後世の中国,日本では称名念仏の根拠とされた。この仏はサンスクリット文献ではAmitābha(無量光),Amitāyus(無量寿)として現れるが,阿弥陀はおそらくこの前半部amita(無限)の方言であろう(他にも説がある)。阿弥陀仏は大乗仏教の仏としてクシャーナ時代の初期(1~2世紀)に登場したらしいが,その起源に関してイラン思想の影響がいわれている。…

※「Amitābha」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Amitāyus (English spelling) Amitayus

>>:  amis charnels (English spelling) amischarnels

Recommend

Hot spring - Onsen

Groundwater with a temperature of 25°C or higher o...

barre

In classical dance, the term barre refers to a ho...

Non-tariff barriers

Non-tariff barriers are direct or indirect select...

Ghee - Ghee (English spelling)

Refined butter commonly used in India. It is the ...

Endogenous psychosis

In psychiatry, the causes of mental disorders are ...

Catalunya (English spelling)

A region in northeastern Spain. It consists of fou...

origin and destination survey

...A survey conducted to understand the origin an...

Steel - Leather

An intermediate product produced during the refini...

Nursery

… These trees are classified as evergreen or deci...

Kanton

According to a 1990 survey, the proportion of Swi...

Westray [island] - Westray

…It consists of about 70 islands, with a total ar...

Monad (English spelling)

German philosopher Leibniz's concept of substa...

Samanala

...2231m above sea level. In Sinhala it is called...

Kitabori Shinmachi

...It is said that salt wholesalers who shipped d...

Conyza sumatrensis (English spelling) Conyzasumatrensis

...The stem branches out in large branches and pr...