different between arhat vs arahant

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (árhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???hæt/

Noun

arhat (plural arhats)

1. (Buddhism) 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; arhanta.

Derived terms

• arhathood
• arhatship

Translations

Anagrams

• Ahart, HAART, Hatra, Tarah

Portuguese

Noun

arhat m (plural arhats)

1. (Buddhism) arhat (a Buddhist saint)

English

Etymology

From Pali arahant (“one who is worthy”).

Noun

arahant (plural arahants)

1. (Theravada Buddhism) Eminently high achiever who has attained enlightenment.

Usage notes

Compare to Mahayana bodhisattva.

Related terms

• arahanthood
• arhathood
• arhat

Translations

See also

• Theravada

Anagrams

• Ratahan, tarhana

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (arhat, “deserving, worthy, entitled to”).

Noun

arahant m

1. (Buddhism) honorific for an ascetic
2. His Majesty

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: arahant
• ? Spanish: arahant

Adjective

arahant

1. majestic, honorable
2. present active participle of arahati (“to be worthy”)

Declension

References

• “arahant”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Spanish

Etymology

From Pali arahant (“one who is worthy”).

Noun

arahant m (plural arahants)

1. arahant