arhat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.

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arhat arhats

Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. Doublet of arahant and arihant.

arhanta

arhathood arhatship

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