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Arhat
[ ahr-huht ]
noun
- a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
arhat
/ ˈɑːhət /
noun
- a Buddhist, esp a monk who has achieved enlightenment and at death passes to nirvana Compare Bodhisattva
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Other Words From
- Arhat·ship noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Arhat1
1865–70; < Sanskrit: meriting respect, derivative of arhati (he) merits
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Arhat1
from Sanskrit: worthy of respect, from arhati he deserves
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Example Sentences
When it was being made over to an Arhat by pouring water on his hands, some drops fell on the ground.
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The king accordingly, when he died, buried him after the fashion of an Arhat, as the regular rules prescribed.
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"There is no god superior to the Arhat," says the Kalpa-sūtra (Stevenson, p. 10).
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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.
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The life of an Arhat which includes the strictest morality is commended on its own account as the best and happiest existence.
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