"For  this  reason   that  Thus  Come  One  is  named
        `Limitless Life'."

          In  issue  #122,  the  Buddha  asked  his  disciple
        Sariputra,  kena  karanena   "For  what  reason"   sa
        tathgato'mitayur  namocyate  "is that Thus  Come  One
        named  'Limitless  Life'?" In issue  #123, the Buddha
        explained    that   Amita   Buddha's   lifespan    is
        unmeasured--limitless--and  so is that  of the  other
        people  in the Land of Happiness, Sukhavati.  In this
        issue, the conclusion  is drawn: tena  karanena  "For
        this  reason"  sa tathagato'mitayur  namocyate  "that
        Thus Come One is named  'Limitless  Life'."  The only
        difference  from the sentence  in issue  #122 is that
        tena,  the   demonstrative   adjective   "this",  now
        replaces the interrogative  adjective kena "what." In
        one name  for Amita  Buddha, then, amita  "limitless"
        joins  with ayus  "life"  to form  the name  amitayus
        "Limitless Life."