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arhats

arhats is the plural of arhat.

Meaning of arhat

Noun

arhat (plural arhats)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    arhanta

Questions about arhats

What is arhats the plural of?
Arhats is the plural of arhat.

Words near arhats in the dictionary

  1. Argœuves
  2. arh
  3. arhar
  4. arhat
  5. arhathood
  6. arhats
  7. arhatship
  8. arhbarite
  9. arheic
  10. arheism
  11. arhinencephalia

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