1865–70; < Sanskrit: meriting respect, derivative of arhati (he) merits
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One group of these scientists, led by Bhart-Anjan Bhullar of Yale University and Arhat Abzhanov of Harvard University, has spent the past eight years investigating one piece of bird anatomy in particular: the beak.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2015
The subsequent two spaces, filled with smaller Arhat paintings and Murakami’s signature canvases of skulls and smiling flowers, look toned down in comparison.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2013
After all, the two shared the same yoga class back in Swampscott, Mass., and together watched inspirational videocassettes of Shri Arhat Mindadali.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sarah now sees the Arhat in person every day, whizzing by in one of his limousines.
From Time Magazine Archive
In many respects the virtues of the Bodhisattva are those of the Arhat.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Working from Chinese models, Ryozen painted the arhat Bhadra with his mouth lolling open, his extra-long eyelashes drooping like palm fronds.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
The arhat Luohan also sits with mouth agape, a three-eyed demon by his side; the arhat Nagasena is half-naked, his robe bowing off his gaunt and starved frame.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
But Murakami’s arhat figures leer back at the world, some with toothless grins, as though stuck in half-crazed greed rather than seeking enlightenment.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2015
The face on a marvelous 14th-century wood carving of an arhat, or luohan, a companion of the historical Buddha, is classically Chinese, while the body bends and twists in ways associated with Indo-Himalayan sculpture.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2010
With the death of an arhat comes the state known as an-upâdi-sesa-nibbânam in which no skandhas remain.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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