Amita
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Amita is a female Indian given name. The name means "infinite" in Sanskrit
and is a wordstem of Amitabha
. It can refer to:
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
and is a wordstem of Amitabha
Amitabha
Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism...
. It can refer to:
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, Indian politician - Amita DhiriAmita DhiriAmita Emmanuelle Dhiri is an Anglo-Indian actress. She has two younger brothers, Viney and Sanjay. She speaks fluent French and Hindi. She has also performed ballet, contemporary and modern dance.- Career:...
, English actress - Amita KanekarAmita KanekarAmita Kanekar is a Mumbai-based writer, whose well-received debut novel A Spoke in the Wheel was published by Harper Collins Publishers, India. Kanekar teaches comparative mythology at the University of Mumbai. She was born in Goa in 1965. She is currently working on her second novel. She has...
, Indian writer - Amita MalikAmita MalikAmita Malik was described by Time magazine as India's "most prominent film and television critic", dubbed the "first lady of Indian media" and "India's best known cinema commentator"...
, Indian film critic - Amita RamanujanAmita RamanujanAmita Ramanujan is a fictional character from the TV series Numb3rs. Over the course of the series, she has become a professor at CalSci and has since become romantically involved with her former thesis advisor, Dr. Charlie Eppes . First introduced in "Pilot", the character of Amita has received...
, fictional mathematician in Numb3rs - Amita SharmaAmita SharmaAmita Sharma is an Indian cricket player. She is an all-rounder in the Indian Women Cricket team and is currently the vice-captain of the team. Amita is very accurate in her medium pace and a hard hitter batter....
, Indian cricketeer