अर्हत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the present participle of अर्हति (arhati, “to deserve, be worthy of”)

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

• → Middle Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠬᠠᠳ (arqad)
  • → Manchu: ᠠᡵᡤᠠᡨ (argat)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अर्हत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0093.