arhat

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Sanskrit अर्हत (árhat), “‘enlightened one, holy one’”), originally "worthy of worship".

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɑːhæt/

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arhat (plural arhats)

1. (Buddhism) one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint
   • 1954: Over and against the arhat, retreating from appearances into an entirely transcendental Nirvana, stands the Bodhisattva, for whom Suchness and the world of contingencies are one — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 32)
2. (Jainism) one of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachement, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta

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[edit] Derived terms

• Bodhisattva
• arhathood

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aahrt
• HAART