As a deity name
Name 59 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 396 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 168 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
अमित · adj
जिसका परिमाण न हो । अपरिमित । बेहद । असीम · बहुत । अधिक · तिरस्कृत । उपेक्षित (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
अमित · amit · adj.
Immeasureable; unmeasured; undefined — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 81
अमित · masculine
a male given name, Amit, from Sanskrit
अमित
limitless, unlimited, boundless; unmeasured, immeasurable, incalculable
Cited formation "अमित" is अ- + मित: मित means "(dialec.) contrac. of mīt, q.v", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अमित" is अ- + मित: मित means "(dialec.) contrac. of mīt, q.v", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अमित — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अमित (amita).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. amita or ānta mfn. perf. Pass. p. √ am, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 28.
amita See √ am.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
unmeasured, boundless, infinite, &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. amita or ānta mfn. perf. Pass. p. √ am, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 28.
amita See √ am.
2. a-mita mfn. (√ 3. mā), unmeasured, boundless, infinite, RV. &c.
without a certain measure, ŚBr.; Suśr. &c.
amita a. 1 Unmeasured, boundless, unlimited, infinite, great, immense; mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ bhrātā mitaṃ sutaḥ . amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet Rām. 2 Neglected, disregarded. 3 Unknown. 4 Unpolished. Comp. — akṣara a. not having a fixed number of syllables; prosaic. — aśanaḥ powerful devourer, epithet of parameśvara; of Viṣṇu. — ābha a. of great lustre, of unbounded splendour. — (bhaḥ) a class of divinities mentioned in V. P. — ojas a. of unbounded energy, all-powerful, Almighty; Ms. 1. 4. — kratu a. of unbounded wisdom or energy. — tejas, — dyuti a. of unbounded lustre or glory. — vikramaḥ 1 of unbounded valour. 2 a name of Viṣṇu. — vīrya a. of immense strength.
Alternative readings
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