arhat

Meaning

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; arhanta.

Origin

  • From Sanskrit अर्हत् ("worthy of worship"), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. arahant.

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