Arhat
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hət noun
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
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| —n | |
| Compare Bodhisattva a Buddhist, esp a monk who has achieved enlightenment and at death passes to nirvana | |
| [from Sanskrit: worthy of respect, from arhati he deserves] | |
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An arhat becomes a siddha, the liberated one, after attaining nirvana.
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