Tocharian B

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्हन्त् (arhant), from अर्हत् (arhat). Compare Tocharian A ārānt.

Noun

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arahānte m

  1. arhat (the personification of the tenets of Buddhism)

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Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “arahānte”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 23 and 24