Amida

Amida can mean:

  • Amida Buddha, or Amida Nyorai, Japanese for Amitābha buddha
  • Amida (Mesopotamia), modern Diyarbakır, a city in Turkey
  • Acacius of Amida, 5th century Bishop of Amida, Mesopotamia
  • Aëtius of Amida (fl. mid-5th century to mid-6th century), Byzantine physician
  • Amida (genus), a beetle genus
  • Mount Amida, mountain in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

See also:

  • Amidah, the central prayer of Jewish worship
  • Amidakuji, a way of drawing lots
  • Amitabh Bachchan, an actor
  • Amitabha, an important Buddha in East Asian Buddhism