1. Amitā.-One of the two chief women Schüler of Padumuttara Buddha (Bu.xi.25; J.i.37; SA.ii.68; DA.ii.489).


2. Amitā.-One of the two Töchter of Sīhahanu (the other being Pamitā) und therefore a Schwester von Suddhodana, der Buddha's Vater.

She married Suppabuddha the Sākiyan und had two children, Bhaddakaccānā und Devadatta.

She was a grand-Tochter von Devadaha-Sakka (Mhv.ii.16-22; siehe Rockhill, p.13, where her Sohn is called Kalyānavardhana).

She is the paternal aunt of der Buddha, referred to as being the Mutter of Tissa Thera (v.l. Amatā). ThagA.i.105; MA.i.289.


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