arhat

Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. Doublet of arahant and arihant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)hæt/

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arhat (plural arhats)

1. (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)
2. (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

• arhathood
• arhatship

• Hatra, Ahart, HAART, Tarah, artha, Artha

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat).

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.xat/
• Rhymes: -arxat
• Syllabification: ar‧hat

arhat m pers

1. (Buddhism) alternative spelling of arhant

• “arhat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

arhat m (plural arhats)

1. (Buddhism) arhat (a Buddhist saint)