amata

amata

'Deathlessness' ...

(Sanskrit amrta; ? mr to die; = Gr. ambrosia): 'Deathlessness'

according to popular belief also the gods' drink conferring immortality, is a name for Nibba^na (s. Nibba^na), the final liberation from the wheel of rebirths, and therefore also from the ever-repeated deaths .

出自:南传佛教英文辞典

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