"arhat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑːhæt/ Forms: arhats [plural]
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. Doublet of arahant. Etymology templates: {{root|en|sa|अर्ह्}}, {{translit|en|sa|अर्हत्|t=worthy of worship}} Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), {{doublet|en|arahant}} Doublet of arahant Head templates: {{en-noun}} arhat (plural arhats)
  1. (Buddhism) One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint. Categories (topical): Buddhism, People Translations (a Buddhist saint): অর্হৎ (orhot) (Bengali), অর্হত (orhot) (Bengali), ရဟန္တာ (ra.hanta) (Burmese), 阿羅漢 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿罗汉 (āluóhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), अर्हन्त (arhant) [masculine] (Hindi), अरहन्त (arhant) [masculine] (Hindi), अरिहंत (arihant) [masculine] (Hindi), अर्हत (arhat) [masculine] (Hindi), 阿羅漢 (arakan) (Japanese), អរហន្ត (ʼârôhntâ) (Khmer), 아라한 (arahan) (Korean), arhant [masculine] (Polish), arhat [masculine] (Polish), arhat [masculine] (Portuguese), арха́т (arxát) [masculine] (Russian), අරහත් (arahat) (Sinhalese), அருகதர் (arukatar) (Tamil), พระอรหันต (Thai), དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ (dgra bcom pa) (Tibetan), ارہنت (arhant) [masculine] (Urdu), A-la-hán (Vietnamese), la hán (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-arhat-en-noun-8vJUKQvU Disambiguation of People: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 43 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'a Buddhist saint': 96 4
  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; arhanta. Tags: Jainism Categories (topical): Jainism
    Sense id: en-arhat-en-noun-ZqoJ38sk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arhathood, arhatship

Inflected forms

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