n. one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint
n. one of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. a Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The highest rank of Buddhist saintship; specifically, one of the original five hundred disciples of Gautama Buddha. Also Arahat, Rahat, and Arhan, Rahan.
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