arahant
Arahant,(adj.-n.) [Vedic arhant,ppr.of arhati (see arahati),meaning deserving,worthy].Before Buddhism used as honorific title of high officials like the English “His Worship” ; at the rise of Buddhism applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial.III,3--6).Adopted by the Buddhisṭs as t.t.for one who has attained the Summum Bonum of religious aspiration (Nibbāna).
I.Cases Nom.sg.arahaṁ Vin.I,9; D.I,49; M.I,245,280; S.I,169; see also formula C.under II.,& arahā Vin.I,8,25,26; II,110,161; D.III,255; It.95; Kh IV.; Gen.arahato S.IV,175; Sn.590; Instr.arahatā S.III,168; DA.I,43; Acc.arahantaṁ D.III,10; Dh.420; Sn.644; Loc.arahantamhi Vv 212.-- Nom.pl.arahanto Vin.I,19; IV,112; S.I,78,235; II,220; IV,123; Gen.arahataṁ Vin.III,1; S.I,214; Sn.186; It.112; Pv.I,1112.Other cases are of rare occurrence.
II.Formulae.Arahantship finds its expression in freq.occurring formulae,of which the standard ones are the foll.:A. khīṇā jāti vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ nâparaṁ itthattāya “destroyed is (re-) birth,lived is a chaste life,(of a student) done is what had to be done,after this present life there is no beyond”.Vin.I,14,35,183; D.I,84,177,203; M.I,139; II,39; S.I,140; II,51,82,95,120,245; III,21,45,55,68,71,90,94,195,223; IV,2,20,35,45,86,107,151,383; V,72,90,144,222; A.I,165; II,211; III,93; IV,88,179,302; V,155,162; Sn.p.16; Pug.61,etc.-- B. eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto “alone,secluded,earnest,zealous,master of himself” D.I,177; II,153 & continued with A:S.I,140,161; II,21; III,36,74; IV,64; V,144,166; A.I,282; II,249; III,70,217,301,376; IV,235.-- C. arahaṁ khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anupatta-sadattho parikkhīṇa-bhava-saññojano sammad-aññā vimutto: D.III,83,97; M.I,4,235; S.I,71; III,161,193; IV,125; V,145,205,273,302; A.I,144; III,359,376; IV,362,369,371 sq.,It.38.‹-› D. ñāṇañ ca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi akuppā me ceto-vimutti ayaṁ antimā jāti natthi dāni punabbhavo “there arose in me insight,the emancipation of my heart became unshake able,this is my last birth,there is now no rebirth for me:S.II,171; III,28; IV,8; V,204; A.I,259; IV,56,305,448.
III,Other passages (selected) Vin.I,8 (arahā sītibhūto nibbuto),9 (arahaṁ Tathāgato Sammāsambuddho),19 (ekādasa loke arahanto),20 (ekasaṭṭhi id.).25 sq.; II,110,161; III,1; IV,112 (te arahanto udake kīḷanti); D.I,49 (Bhagavā arahaṁ),144; III,10,255:M.I,245 (Gotamo na pi kālaṁ karoti:arahaṁ samaṇo Gotamo),280; S.I,9,26,50 (Tathāgato),78,140,161,169,175,178 (+ sītibhūta),208,214,235 (khīnāsavā arahanto); III,160 (arahā tissa?),168; IV,123,175,260,393; V,159 sq.,164,200 sq.; A.I,22 (Sammāsambuddho),27,109,266; Iī.134; III,376,391,439; IV,364,394; V,120; Sn.186,590,644,1003; It.95 (+ khīṇāsava),112; Kh IV.(dasahi angehi samannāgato arahā ti vuccati:see KhA 88); Vv.212; I,217; Dh.164,420 (khīṇāsava +); Ps.II,3,19,194,203 sq.; Pug.37,73; Vbh.324,336,422; Pv.I,11 (khettûpamā arahanto),1112; IV,132.
IV.In compn. & der.we find two bases,viz.(1) arahanta° in °ghāta the killing or murder of an Arahant (considered as one of the six deadly crimes):see abhiṭhāna; °ghātaka the murderer of the A.:Vin.I,89,136,168,320; °magga (arahatta°?) the path of an A.:D II 144.-- (2) arahat° in (arahad-)dhaja the flag or banner of an A.:J.I,65.
V.See further details & passages under anāgāmin,khīṇa,buddha.On the relationship of Buddha and Arahant see Dial.II.1--3; III,6.For riddles or word-play on the form arahant see M.I,280; A.IV,145; DA.I,146 = VvA.105,6 = PvA.7; DhA.IV,228; DhsA.349.(Page 77)