arahant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali arahant (“one who is worthy”). Doublet of arhat and arihant.

Noun

arahant (plural arahants)

1. (Theravada Buddhism) Eminently high achiever who has attained enlightenment.

Usage notes

• Compare to Mahayana bodhisattva.

Derived terms

• arahantship

Related terms

• arahanthood
• arhathood
• arhat

Translations

arhat — see arhat

See also

• Theravada

Anagrams

• Ratahan, tarhana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• अरहन्त् (Devanagari script)
• অরহন্ত্ (Bengali script)
• අරහන‍්ත් (Sinhalese script)
• အရဟန္တ် or ဢရႁၼ္တ် or ဢရႁၼ်တ် (Burmese script)
• อรหนฺตฺ or อะระหันต (Thai script)
• ᩋᩁᩉᨶ᩠ᨲ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຣຫນ຺ຕ຺ or ອະຣະຫັນຕ or ອະລະຫັນຕ (Lao script)
• អរហន្ត៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄢𑄦𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄴 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “deserving, worthy, entitled to”).

Noun

arahant m

1. (Buddhism) honorific for an ascetic
2. His Majesty

Declension

Declension table of "arahant" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	arahā or arahaṃ or arahanto	arahanto or arahantā or arahā
Accusative (second)	arahantaṃ	arahanto or arahante
Instrumental (third)	arahatā or arahantena	arahantehi or arahantebhi
Dative (fourth)	arahato or arahantassa	arahataṃ or arahantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	arahatā or arahantasmā or arahantamhā or arahantā	arahantehi or arahantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	arahato or arahantassa	arahataṃ or arahantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	arahati or arahantasmiṃ or arahantamhi or arahante	arahantesu
Vocative (calling)	arahaṃ or arahanta	arahanto or arahantā

Descendants

• → English: arahant
• → Spanish: arahant

Adjective

arahant

1. majestic, honorable
2. present active participle of arahati (“to be worthy”)

Declension

Declension table of "arahant" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	arahaṃ or arahanto	arahanto or arahantā
Accusative (second)	arahantaṃ	arahanto or arahante
Instrumental (third)	arahatā or arahantena	arahantehi or arahantebhi
Dative (fourth)	arahato or arahantassa	arahataṃ or arahantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	arahatā or arahantasmā or arahantamhā or arahantā	arahantehi or arahantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	arahato or arahantassa	arahataṃ or arahantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	arahati or arahantasmiṃ or arahantamhi or arahante	arahantesu
Vocative (calling)	arahaṃ or arahanta	arahanto or arahantā

Declension table of "arahantī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	arahantī	arahantiyo or arahantī
Accusative (second)	arahantiṃ or arahantiyaṃ	arahantiyo or arahantī
Instrumental (third)	arahantiyā	arahantīhi or arahantībhi
Dative (fourth)	arahantiyā	arahantīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	arahantiyā	arahantīhi or arahantībhi
Genitive (sixth)	arahantiyā	arahantīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	arahantiyā or arahantiyaṃ	arahantīsu
Vocative (calling)	arahanti	arahantiyo or arahantī

Declension table of "arahant" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	arahaṃ or arahantaṃ	arahanti or arahantāni
Accusative (second)	arahaṃ or arahantaṃ	arahanti or arahantāni
Instrumental (third)	arahatā or arahantena	arahantehi or arahantebhi
Dative (fourth)	arahato or arahantassa	arahataṃ or arahantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	arahatā or arahantasmā or arahantamhā or arahantā	arahantehi or arahantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	arahato or arahantassa	arahataṃ or arahantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	arahati or arahantasmiṃ or arahantamhi or arahante	arahantesu
Vocative (calling)	arahaṃ or arahanta	arahanti or arahantāni

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “arahant”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali arahant (“one who is worthy”).

Noun

arahant m (plural arahants)

1. arahant