| Term |
arya
Referenced by: highly realized being (alternative term) highly realized practitioner (alternative term) noble one (alternative term) practitioner, highly realized (cross-reference only) |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | 'phags-pa |
| Sanskrit | arya |
| Pali | |
| Definition | A practitioner who has had nonconceptual cognition of the four noble truths and thus has attained a shravaka, pratyekabuddha, or bodhisattva seeing pathway of mind (path of seeing). Also called a "highly realized practitioner" or a "highly realized being." Some translators render the term as "noble one." |