Definitions

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  • noun Eminently high achiever who has attained enlightenment.

Etymologies

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From the Pali arahati one who is worthy

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Examples

  • After the birth of Vaddha, she joined the Samgha after having heard a monk preach and became an arahant.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Even Vaddha became an arahant and his mother guided and encouraged her.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Even Vaddha became an arahant and his mother guided and encouraged her.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • After the birth of Vaddha, she joined the Samgha after having heard a monk preach and became an arahant.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Such a person may be called a saint, a sage, an arahant, a siddha, a Buddha, a perfect man, or by other names.

    The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Science 2008

  • If this process is completed one becomes an arahant (literally Worthy One).

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • The Mahâvagga of the Vinaya (I. 11 and 13) mentions such an encounter but places it considerably later after the conversion of the five monks and of Yasa.] [Footnote 331: The text is also found in the Saṃyutta-Nikâya.] [Footnote 332: Concisely stated as suffering, the cause of suffering, the suppression of suffering and the method of effecting that suppression.] [Footnote 333: Writers on Buddhism use this word in various forms, arhat, arahat and arahant.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

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