In early Buddhist scriptures, the word arahant refers to an enlightened being. The exact interpretation and etymology of words such as Arahatto and Arhat remains disputed. Research gathered together circa 1915 and published in the PTS dictionary interpret the word as meaning "the worthy one" in Theravada tradition. This has been challenged by more recent research, resulting from the etymological comparison of Pali and early Jain Prakrit forms (arihanta and arahanta).
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- In early Buddhist scriptures, the word arahant refers to an enlightened being. The exact interpretation and etymology of words such as Arahatto and Arhat remains disputed. Research gathered together circa 1915 and published in the PTS dictionary interpret the word as meaning "the worthy one" in Theravada tradition. This has been challenged by more recent research, resulting from the etymological comparison of Pali and early Jain Prakrit forms (arihanta and arahanta). The latter challenges the assumption that the root of the word is Pali araha (cf. Sk. arha); Richard Gombrich has proposed an etymology of ari + hanta, bringing the root meaning closer to Jina (an epithet commonly used of both the Buddha and the leaders of the Jain religion).
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- In early Buddhist scriptures, the word arahant refers to an enlightened being. The exact interpretation and etymology of words such as Arahatto and Arhat remains disputed. Research gathered together circa 1915 and published in the PTS dictionary interpret the word as meaning "the worthy one" in Theravada tradition. This has been challenged by more recent research, resulting from the etymological comparison of Pali and early Jain Prakrit forms (arihanta and arahanta).
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