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arhat.

One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑː(ɹ)hæt/
  1. One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.

  2. One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.

    Jainism
Where this word comes from

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

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