arhat

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term arhat

Referenced by:
foe-destroyer (alternative term)
liberated being (alternative term)
Tibetan dgra-bcom-pa
Sanskrit arhat
Pali
Definition A practitioner, of the shravaka, pratyekabuddha, or bodhisattva class, who has achieved a true stopping of the emotional obscurations and thus has attained liberation (nirvana). Also called a "liberated being." Some translators render the term as "foe-destroyer."

TRANSLATION (Chinese (traditional))

Translation 阿羅漢
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

Arabic أرهات
German Arhat
Spanish arjat
Italian arhat
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... Foe Destroyer; Enemy Killer
Russian архат
Vietnamese A la hán
Chinese (simplified) 阿罗汉
Chinese (traditional) 阿羅漢