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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 (Italian)

Translation arhat
Definition Un praticante, della classe shravaka, pratyekabuddha, o bodhisattva, che ha raggiunto una vera cessazione degli oscuramenti emotivi e che ha quindi raggiunto la liberazione (nirvana). Chiamato anche "essere liberato." Alcuni traduttori rendono il termine con "distruttore del nemico."

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