Arhat Definition

ärhət
noun
One who has attained enlightenment.
American Heritage
One who has attained nirvana and, thus, is no longer subject to the cycle of rebirth.
Webster's New World

(Buddhism) One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.

Wiktionary

(Jainism) One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • lohan
  • Arhant

Other Word Forms of Arhat

Noun

Singular:
arhat
Plural:
arhats

Origin of Arhat

  • From Sanskrit अर्हत् (árhat, “enlightened one, holy one”), originally "worthy of worship".

    From Wiktionary

  • Sanskrit from present participle of arhati he deserves

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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