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An arhat (also arahat or arahant; Chinese: 阿羅漢, aluohan; Tibetan: dgra-bcom-pa; Jp. arakan) is a highly realized Buddhist practitoner. It literally means "foe destroyer".
The term arhat is, strictly speaking, a synonym for Buddha and it is listed in some texts as one of the ten epithets of a Buddha. However, its most common use in English refers specifically to a Sravaka-Buddha, one of the three types of Buddha distinct from Supreme Buddhas such as Siddhartha Gautama.
In early Indian texts, the stage of arhat is described as the final goal of Buddhist practice -- the attainment of complete and unexcelled nirvna. Others consider it to be the fourth and highest stage of the srvaka path, Sravaka-Buddhahood.
Compare with Bodhisattva.
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