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English
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. Doublet of arahant and arihant.
Pronunciation
Noun
arhat (plural arhats)
- (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)
- (Jainism) One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.
- Synonym: arhanta
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Translations
a Buddhist saint
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat).
Pronunciation
Noun
arhat m pers
Declension
Declension of arhat
Further reading
- arhat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Portuguese
Noun
arhat m (plural arhats)
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