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Ar⋅hat

[ahr-huht]
–noun
a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
Also, Ar⋅hant [ahr-huhnt] .


Origin:
1865–70; < Skt: meriting respect, deriv. of arhati (he) merits


Ar⋅hat⋅ship, noun
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