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arhat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)hæt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
    • 1954: Over and against the arhat, retreating from appearances into an entirely transcendental Nirvana, stands the Bodhisattva, for whom Suchness and the world of contingencies are one — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 32)
  2. (Jainism) One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.

Forms

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Deriveds

arhatship · arhathood

Synonyms

arhanta

Translations (24)

ta அருகதர் (a Buddhist saint) · th พระอรหันต (a Buddhist saint) · hi अरहन्त (a Buddhist saint) · pl arhat (a Buddhist saint) · my ရဟန္တာ (a Buddhist saint) · ur ارہنت (a Buddhist saint) · si අරහත් (a Buddhist saint) · hi अरिहंत (a Buddhist saint) · vi la hán (a Buddhist saint) · vi A-la-hán (a Buddhist saint) · id arahat (a Buddhist saint) · bo དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ (a Buddhist saint) · ko 아라한 (a Buddhist saint) · hi अर्हन्त (a Buddhist saint) · ru арха́т (a Buddhist saint) · mr अर्हत (a Buddhist saint) · bn অর্হত (a Buddhist saint) · ja 阿羅漢 (a Buddhist saint) · km អរហន្ត (a Buddhist saint) · pt arhat (a Buddhist saint) · pl arhant (a Buddhist saint) · bn অর্হৎ (a Buddhist saint) · hi अर्हत (a Buddhist saint) · cmn 阿羅漢 /阿罗汉 (a Buddhist saint)

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