अर्हत्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- अर्हन्त् (arhant)
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬃᬳᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অৰ্হত্ (Assamese script)
- অর্হত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰮𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- અર્હત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਰੑਹਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦂꦲꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- អហ៌ត៑ (Khmer script)
- ಅರ್ಹತ್ (Kannada script)
- ອຣ຺ຫຕ຺ (Lao script)
- അര്ഹത് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘮𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠷᠾᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡵᡥᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
- အရ်္ဟတ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑧎𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐭𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅର୍ହତ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢬ꣄ꢲꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆲𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖮𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අර්හත් (Sinhalese script)
- అర్హత్ (Telugu script)
- อรฺหตฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་རྷ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒯𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology[edit]
From the present participle of अर्हति (arhati, “to deserve, be worthy of”). From the root अर्ह् (arh) + -अत् (-at).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
अर्हत् • (árhat)
- deserving, entitled to (+ accusative) (RV.)
- (used in a respectful address for अर्हसि (arhasi) Pāṇ. 3-2, 133) able, allowed to (+accusative) (RV.)
- worthy, venerable, respectable (ŚBr., AitBr. etc.)
- praised, celebrated (L.)
Noun[edit]
अर्हत् • (árhat) m
- arhat; a buddha who is still a candidate for nirvāṇa
- (= क्षपणक (kṣapaṇaka)) a Jaina
- an arhat or superior divinity with the Jainas
- the highest rank in the Buddhist hierarchy (L.)
Descendants[edit]
- Pali: arahant
- → Middle Mongol: ᠠᠷᠬᠠᠳ (arqad)
- → Manchu: ᠠᡵᡤᠠᡨ (argat)
- → Tocharian A: ārānt (from अर्हन्त् (arhant)
- → Tocharian B: arahānte (from अर्हन्त् (arhant))
- → Chinese: 阿羅漢/阿罗汉 (āluóhàn) (from अर्हन्त् (arhant))
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899), “अर्हत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93.
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- Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अत्
- Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अर्ह्
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- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
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