Arhat

[ ahr-huht ]

/ ˈɑr hət /

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noun

a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.Compare Bodhisattva.

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Also Ar·hant

[ahr-huhnt]. /ˈɑr hənt/.

Origin of Arhat

1865–70; <Sanskrit: meriting respect, derivative of arhati (he) merits

OTHER WORDS FROM Arhat

Ar·hat·ship, noun

Words nearby Arhat

Argyll Robertson pupil, Argyllshire, argyria, Argyrol, argyrophil, Arhat, arhinia, Århus, arhythmia, aria, aria da capo

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How to use Arhat in a sentence

When it was being made over to an Arhat by pouring water on his hands, some drops fell on the ground.
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms|Fa-Hsien
The king accordingly, when he died, buried him after the fashion of an Arhat, as the regular rules prescribed.
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms|Fa-Hsien
"There is no god superior to the Arhat," says the Kalpa-sūtra (Stevenson, p. 10).
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, December 1879|Various
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 China|E. T. C. Werner

The life of an Arhat which includes the strictest morality is commended on its own account as the best and happiest existence.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)|Charles Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for Arhat

arhat

/ (ˈɑːhət) /

noun

a Buddhist, esp a monk who has achieved enlightenment and at death passes to nirvanaCompare Bodhisattva

Word Origin for arhat

from Sanskrit: worthy of respect, from arhati he deserves

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