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Arhat vs Arahant - What's the difference?

arhat | arahant | Related terms |

Arahant is a related term of arhat.



As nouns the difference between arhat and arahant

is that arhat is one who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint while arahant is eminently high achiever who has attained enlightenment.

arhat

English

(wikipedia arhat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Buddhism) 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)
  • (Jainism ) one of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta

    • Derived terms

    * arhathood

    Anagrams

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    arahant

    English

    (wikipedia arahant)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Eminently high achiever who has attained enlightenment.

    • Usage notes

    Compare to Mahayana bodhisattva.

    Related terms

    * arahanthood * arhathood * arhat

    See also

    * Theravada