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''Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra'' ("''
Sukhāvatī Sukhavati (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ''Sukhāvatī''; "Blissful") is a pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana, Mahayana Buddhism. It is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land, and is the most well-known o ...
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vyūha Vyūha (Sanskrit: व्यूह) means - 'to arrange troops in a battle array (formation)', 'to arrange, put or place in order, to dispose, separate, divide, alter, transpose, disarrange, resolve (vowels syllables etc.)'. Its root is व्यः ...
''") may refer to either of the following ''
sūtra ''Sutra'' ( sa, सूत्र, translit=sūtra, translit-std=IAST, translation=string, thread)Monier Williams, ''Sanskrit English Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, Entry fo''sutra'' page 1241 in Indian literary traditions refers to an aph ...
s'': * The '' Larger (Longer) Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra'', or the ''Infinite Life Sutra'' * The '' Smaller (Shorter) Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra'', or the ''Amitabha Sutra'' {{disambiguation