The buddha Amita^yus (Buddha of Immeasurable Life), which is an epithet for Amita^bha 阿弥陀. Also called the Buddha of Immeasurable Light 无量光佛. In the two man!d!alas of the five buddhas 五佛 of the vajradha^tu and garbhadha^tu, Amita^bha and Amita^yus are distinguished.