The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (256 page)
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rya-mrga(P
li,
ariya-magga
). Sacred path to the full and final attainment in Buddhism. It has four stages, divided according to whether the
arya-pudgala
(person on the path) is still on the way or has gained the fruit (
phala
):
li,ariya-magga
). Sacred path to the full and final attainment in Buddhism. It has four stages, divided according to whether the
arya-pudgala
(person on the path) is still on the way or has gained the fruit (
phala
):
(i) is the stream-enterer (.
srot
);
(ii) is the once-returner (
sakrd
);
(iii) is the not-returner (
an
);
(iv) is the attainer (
arhat
)
ryans.
A group of Indo-European speaking people who spread through Iran and N. India in the early 2nd millenium BCE. This is the so-called Aryan invasion.
Arya-pudgala
:
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