Meanings
plural arhats
- BuddhismOne 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)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.
More synonyms by meaning
nounone who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bengali অর্হৎ, অর্হত
- অর্হৎ (orhot)a Buddhist saint
- অর্হত (orhot)a Buddhist saint
Chinese Mandarin 阿羅漢 /阿罗汉
- 阿羅漢 /阿罗汉 (āluóhàn)a Buddhist saint
Hindi अर्हन्त, अरहन्त
- अर्हन्त (arhant)a Buddhist saint
- अरहन्त (arhant)a Buddhist saint
- अरिहंत (arihant)a Buddhist saint
- अर्हत (arhat)a Buddhist saint
Indonesian arahat
- arahata Buddhist saint
Japanese 阿羅漢
- 阿羅漢 (arakan)a Buddhist saint
Korean 아라한
- 아라한 (arahan)a Buddhist saint
Polish arhant, arhat
- arhanta Buddhist saint
- arhata Buddhist saint
Portuguese arhat
- arhata Buddhist saint
Russian арха́т
- арха́т (arxát)a Buddhist saint
Tamil அருகதர்
- அருகதர் (arukatar)a Buddhist saint
Thai พระอรหันต
- พระอรหันตa Buddhist saint
Urdu ارہنت
- ارہنت (arhant)a Buddhist saint
Vietnamese A-la-hán, la hán
- A-la-hána Buddhist saint
- la hána Buddhist saint
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Cite this entry
arhat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arhat
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