अर्हत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

अर्हन्त् (arhant)

Alternative scripts

অৰ্হত্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬃᬳᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
অর্হত্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰮𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အရ်္ဟတ် (Burmese script)
અર્હત્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਰ੍ਹਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦂꦲꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂯𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅರ್ಹತ್ (Kannada script)
អហ៌ត៑ (Khmer script)
ອຣ຺ຫຕ຺ (Lao script)
അര്ഹത് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡵᡥᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘮𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᠷᠾᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧈𑧠𑧎𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐭𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅର୍ହତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢬ꣄ꢲꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆲𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖮𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
අර්‍හත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑪂𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚩𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
அர்ஹத் (Tamil script)
అర్హత్ (Telugu script)
อรฺหตฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་རྷ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒯𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨱𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the present participle of अर्हति (arhati, “to deserve, be worthy of”). From the root अर्ह् (arh) +‎ -अत् (-at).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ɦɐt/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɾ.ɦɐt̪/

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) stem, 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.)

Descendants

Pali: arahant
→ Middle Mongol: ᠠᠷᠬᠠᠳ (arqad)
- → Manchu: ᠠᡵᡤᠠᡨ (argat)
→ Tocharian A: ārānt (from अर्हन्त् (arhant)
→ Tocharian B: arahānte (from अर्हन्त् (arhant))
→ Chinese: 阿羅漢／阿罗汉 (āluóhàn) (from अर्हन्त् (arhant))

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अर्हत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93.

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