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arhat

Dictionary Definition: 

árhat mfn. deserving, entitled to (acc.) RV

• used in a respectful address for arhasi Pāṇ. 3-2, 133, able, allowed to (acc.) RV

• worthy, venerable, respectable ŚBr. AitBr. &c. ( arhat-tama below)

• praised, celebrated L

• (an), m. a Buddha who is still a candidate for Nirvāṇa

• (= kṣapaṇaka) a Jaina

• an Arhat or superior divinity with the Jainas

• the highest rank in the Buddhist hierarchy L