一切經音義 22.7

22.7

Aluohan 阿羅漢 [Arhat] (Examining this name in Sanskrit, it encompasses multiple meanings. Following the *Mahāvibhāṣā-śāstra*, fascicle ninety-four, it is explained with four meanings: first, 'worthy of offerings' (arhat); second, 'slayer of foes' (ari-hantṛ); third, 'non-arising' (a-janma); fourth, 'distanced from evil'. Following the *Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi-śāstra*, it is explained with three meanings: first, because one has permanently destroyed the bandits of affliction; second, because one is worthy of receiving the wonderful offerings of the worldly realm; third, because one will never again undergo birth into apportioned lifetimes. Following an explanation in the *Satyasiddhi-śāstra*, it says that because afflictions are cut off entirely, one is called an arhat. The old translation rendered it as 'non-arising' (wusheng), meaning that afflictions of the three realms are exhausted and there is no further birth within the three realms).