Arhat
/ˈɑːhæt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Arhat
noun
- 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)"
- One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.