noun.
The highest rank of Buddhist saintship; specifically, one of the original five hundred disciples of Gautama Buddha. Also Arahat, Rahat, and Arhan, Rahan.
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noun.
one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint
noun.
one of the stages of the ascetic's spiritualevolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta
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noun.
a Buddhist who has attained nirvana
Word Usage
"The Tibetans translate the Sanskrit term arhat, a liberated being, as foe-destroyer, someone who has destroyed the inner foes."