arhat

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8
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7
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5
Pronunciation
/ˈɑːhæt/

Definition of arhat

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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)”
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noun

  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.

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Etymology

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

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