'''Sukhāvatī''', atau '''Surga Barat''', mengacu pada [[tanah murni]] barat dari [[Amitābha]] dalam [[Mahayana|Buddhisme Mahayana]]. [[Bahasa Sanskerta]] ''sukhavatī'' (''sukhāvatī'') adalah [[grammaticaljenis genderkelamin gramatikal|bentuk feminimfeminin]] dari ''sukhāvat'' ("penuh sukacita; penuh kebahagiaan"),<ref>{{cite web|title=sukhavati|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sukhavati|website=Merriam-Webster|quote=Sanskrit ''sukhavatī'', ''sukhāvatī'', from feminine of ''sukhavat'', ''sukhāvat'' blissful, from ''sukha'' bliss, happiness}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary|url=http://sanskrit.inria.fr/MW/295.html|quote=''sukhavatī'', f. N. of the heaven of Buddha [[Amitābha]] (see under ''sukhā-vat'' [...] possessing ease or comfort, full of joy or pleasure|year = 1899}}</ref> dari ''[[sukha]]'' ("kesenangan, kegembiraan") dan ''-vat'' ("penuh dengan").<ref>{{cite web|title=vat|url=http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=vat&script=&direction=SE&link=yes|website=Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit}}</ref>
from ''[[sukha]]'' ("delight, joy") and ''-vat'' ("full of").<ref>{{cite web|title=vat|url=http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=vat&script=&direction=SE&link=yes|website=Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit}}</ref>
