अर्हत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the present participle of अर्हति (arhati, “to deserve, be worthy of”)

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) 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.)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अर्हत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0093.

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