One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritualevolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.
Origin
From Sanskrit अर्हत् ("worthy of worship"), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. arahant.
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