Arhat
noun
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices.
Arhatship
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a word derived from
Arhat.
Example Sentences
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Arhatship implies possession of certain supernatural powers, and is not to be succeeded by Buddhaship, but implies the fact of the saint having already attained nirvana.
The Brahman was converted and attained at once to Arhatship.
Arhatship is the aim and sum of the Buddha's teaching: it is associated in many passages with love for others, with wisdom, and happiness and is a condition of perfection attainable in this life.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
There is in Ceylon a popular misconception that the attainment of Arhatship is now impossible; that the Buddha had himself prophesied that the power would die out in one millennium after his death.
From The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott
