The fourth of the four levels of attainment of the vehicle of the śrāvakas, it is the attainment of a nirvāṇa distinct from unexcelled perfect awakening, the type of nirvāṇa proper to buddhas.

See “arhat.”

See “arhat.”

“The state of liberation [from saṃsāra via destruction of the afflictive emotions] or the fifth path of no more to learn, attained by arhats after perfecting training in the fourth path…” (Rigzin 60). In this text being “established … in the unsurpassed, supreme welfare of nirvāṇa”; also appears as a synonym for the attainment of arhatship.

The level of attainment of an arhat, one who is worthy of worship (pūjām arhati), or one who has conquered the enemies, the mental afflictions, and has reached liberation from the cycle of rebirth and suffering. The fourth and highest of the four fruits attainable by hearers (śrāvakas).