arhant , also ( MIndic ) arahant , q.v. , the ideal personage in Hīnayāna Buddhism, fourth and last stage in religious development (see srota-āpanna ), SP 1.6 et passim . In Mvy 4, 5138 , etymologically rendered Tib. dgra bcom pa , having conquered the enemy , as if ari plus root han! Fem. arhantī Av ii.4.12 ; Śikṣ 171.16 ; arhantinī MSV i.22.9 (prose); abstract arhattva, nt. , Mvy 5137 etc.