arhat
/ˈɑː(ɹ)hæt/
arhat noun: one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
Noun
arhat (plural arhats)
- 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)
- One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.
- Synonyms:
- arhanta
arhat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
arhat in Hindi
- a Buddhist saint
- अर्हन्त arhant, अरहन्त arhant, अरिहंत arihant, अर्हत arhat
arhat in Tamil
- a Buddhist saint
- அருகதர் arukatar
arhat in Marathi
- a Buddhist saint
- अर्हत arhat
arhat in Urdu
- a Buddhist saint
- ارہنت arhant
More languagesFewer languages
- arhat in Bengali
- অর্হৎ orhot, অর্হত orhot
- arhat in Malayalam
- സാമി sāmi, സ്വാമി svāmi
- arhat in Sanskrit
- अर्हत् arhat
- arhat in Sinhala
- අරහත් arahat
- arhat in Indonesian
- arahat
- arhat in Thai
- พระอรหันต
- arhat in Vietnamese
- A-la-hán, la hán
- arhat in Myanmar
- ရဟန္တာ ra.hanta
Synonyms of arhat
- arhanta
Forms of arhat
| plural | arhats |
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Origin of arhat
Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. Doublet of arahant and arihant.
Words formed from arhat
Questions about arhat
- What does arhat mean?
- Arhat means one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
- What is arhat in Hindi?
- Arhat in Hindi is अर्हन्त (arhant), अरहन्त (arhant), अरिहंत (arihant). See Arhat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is arhat?
- Arhat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce arhat?
- Arhat is pronounced /ˈɑː(ɹ)hæt/.
- What is the plural of arhat?
- The plural of arhat is arhats.
Words near arhat in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: arhat (page history and authors); സാമി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); अर्हत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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