arhant (1960)

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arhant
Entry 1960, Page 67, Col. 2
(arhant, arhant)
arhant¦, also (MIndic) arahant, q.v., the ideal personage in Hīnayāna Buddhism, fourth and last stage in religious development (see srota-āpanna), SP 1.6 et passim. In Mvy 4, 5138, etymologically rendered Tib. dgra bcom pa, having conquered the enemy, as if ari plus root han! Fem. arhantī Av ii.4.12; Śikṣ 171.16; arhantinī MSV i.22.9 (prose); abstract arhattva, nt., Mvy 5137 etc.

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