The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Arahati [Vedic arhati, etym. uncertain but cp. agghati] to be worthy of, to deserve, to merit (= Lat. debeo)
Sn 431, 552 (r!j! arahasi bhavitu'); J i.262; Dh 9, 10, 230; Pv iii.66. -- ppr. arahant (q. v.). Cp. also adj.
araha.
Arahatta
Arahatta1 (nt.) [abstr. formation fr. arahat˚, 2nd base of arahant in compn.: see arahant iv.2] the state or
condition of an Arahant, i. e. perfection in the Buddhist sense = Nibb!na (S iv.151) final & absolute
emancipation, Arahantship, the attainment of the last & highest stage of the Path (see magga & an!g!min).
This is not restricted by age or sex or calling. There is one instance in the Canon of a child having attained
Arahantship at the age of 7. One or two others occur in the Comy ThA 64 (Sel!); PvA 53 (Sankicca). Many
women Arahants are mentioned by name in the oldest texts. About 400 men Arahants are known. Most of
them were bhikkhus, but A iii.451 gives the names of more than a score lay Arahants (cp. D ii.93 = S
v.360, and the references in Dial. iii.5 n4). Arahatta' is defined at S iv.252 as r!ga -- kkhaya, dosa˚,
moha˚. Descriptions of this state are to be found in the formulae expressing the feelings of an Arahant (see
arahant ii.). Vin ii.254; D iii.10, 11, 255; A iii.34, 421, 430; v.209; Pug 73; Nett 15, 82; DA i.180, 188, 191;
DhA ii 95; iv.193; PvA 14. -- Phrases: arahatta' sacchikaroti to experience Arahantship Vin ii.74; D i.229;
arahatta' p!pu*!ti to attain or reach Arahantship (usually in aor. p!pu*i) J ii.229 ThA 64; DhA ii.49 (saha
pa&isambhid!hi) 93 (id.); PvA 53, 54, 61, 233 & freq. elsewhere; cp. arahatt!ya pa&ipanna D iii.255; A
i.120; iv.292 sq., 372 sq. -- gaha*a attainment of Arahantship DhA i.8. -- patta (& patti) one who has
attained Ar. S i.196; v.273; A ii.157; iii.376; iv.235. -- phala the fruit of Ar. Vin i.39, 41, 293; iii.93; D
iii.227, 277; S iii.168; v.44; A i.23, 45; iii.272; iv.276; Dhs 1017; Vbh 326. -- magga the Path of Ar. S i.78;
A iii.391; DA i.224. -- vimokkha the emancipation of Ar. Nd2 19.
Arahatta
Arahatta2 in ˚gha&i see aragha&&a.
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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 2 His Worship 3; at the rise of Buddhism
applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial. iii.3 -- 6). Adopted by the Buddhis&s as t. t. for one who has attained
the Summum Bonum of religious aspiration (Nibb!na). I. Cases nom. sg. araha' Vin i.9; D i.49; M i.245,
280; S i.169; see also formula C. under ii., & arah! Vin i.8, 25, 26; ii.110, 161; D iii.255; It 95; Kh iv.; gen.
arahato S iv.175; Sn 590; instr. arahat! S iii.168; DA i.43; acc. arahanta' 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. arahata' 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. kh"*! j!ti vusita'
brahmacariya' kata' kara*"ya' nâpara' itthatt!ya "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 v(paka&&ho appamatto !t!p" pahitatto 2 alone, secluded, earnest, zealous, master of
himself 3 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. araha' kh"*!savo vusitav! katakara*"yo ohitabh!ro anupatta --
sadattho parikkh"*a -- bhava -- saññojano sammad -- aññ! 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. ñ!*añ ca pana
me dassana' udap!di akupp! me ceto -- vimutti aya' antim! j!ti natthi d!ni 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 (arah!
s"tibh(to nibbuto), 9 (araha' Tath!gato Samm!sambuddho), 19 (ek!dasa loke arahanto), 20 (ekasa&&hi id.).