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अर्हत्
अर्हत्
Sanskrit
Adjective
अर्हत् • (árhat)
- deserving, entitled to (+ accusative) (RV.)
- (used in a respectful address for अर्हसि (arhasi) Pāṇ. 3-2, 133) able, allowed to (+accusative) (RV.)
- worthy, venerable, respectable (ŚBr., AitBr. etc.)
- praised, celebrated (L.)
Noun
अर्हत् • (árhat) m
- arhat; a buddha who is still a candidate for nirvāṇa
- (= क्षपणक (kṣapaṇaka)) a Jaina
- an arhat or superior divinity with the Jainas
- the highest rank in the Buddhist hierarchy (L.)
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0093