अर्हत्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- अर्हन्त् (arhant)
Etymology[edit]
From the present participle of अर्हति (arhati, “to deserve, be worthy of”)
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 Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠬᠠᠳ (arqad)
- → Manchu: ᠠᡵᡤᠠᡨ (argat)
- → Tocharian A: ārānt {from अर्हन्त् (arhant)
- → Tocharian B: arahānte (from अर्हन्त् (arhant))
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) , “अर्हत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 93.