अर्हत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• 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

From the present participle of अर्हति (arhati, “to deserve, be worthy of”). From the root अर्ह् (arh) +‎ -अत् (-at).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ɦɐt/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɾ.ɦɐt̪/

Adjective

अर्हत् • (árhat)

1. deserving, entitled to (+ accusative) (RV.)
2. (used in a respectful address for अर्हसि (arhasi) Pāṇ. 3-2, 133) able, allowed to (+accusative) (RV.)
3. worthy, venerable, respectable (ŚBr., AitBr. etc.)
4. praised, celebrated (L.)

Noun

अर्हत् • (árhat) m

1. arhat; a buddha who is still a candidate for nirvāṇa
2. (= क्षपणक (kṣapaṇaka)) a Jaina
3. an arhat or superior divinity with the Jainas
4. the highest rank in the Buddhist hierarchy (L.)

Descendants

• 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

• Monier Williams (1899), “अर्हत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93.