Arhat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɑːhæt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Arhat is a noun meaning (Buddhism) One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
Meaning
(Buddhism) One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
More Meanings
- (Jainism) One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.
Example Sentences
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)
Word Forms
- arhats
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arahant, saint, mahasattva, siddha, savant, kevalin.
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