Arhat
[ahr-huh t]
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noun
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.Compare Bodhisattva.
Also Ar·hant [ahr-huh nt] /ˈɑr hənt/.
Origin of Arhat
1865–70; < Sanskrit: meriting respect, derivative of arhati (he) merits
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They answered in the affirmative, saying that he was an Arhat.
Record of Buddhistic KingdomsFa-Hsien
"There is no god superior to the Arhat," says the Kalpa-sūtra (Stevenson, p. 10).
In many respects the virtues of the Bodhisattva are those of the Arhat.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)Charles Eliot
The aim of the religious life is to become a Bodhisattva, not to become an Arhat.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)Charles Eliot
But in the night hours spirits appear to us and tell us not to kill ourselves, for an Arhat will come from the East to deliver us.
Myths and Legends of ChinaE. T. C. Werner
arhat
noun
Word Origin for arhat
from Sanskrit: worthy of respect, from arhati he deserves
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