An arahant has destroyed every fetter, the taints of sensual desire, becoming and ignorance, and lives free of greed, hatred and delusion. The early texts describe the arahant as having done what was to be done and laid down the burden. The Mahāyāna contrasted this ideal with the bodhisattva’s.
Arahant
The worthy one: a person who has attained nirvāṇa and will not be reborn, the ideal of early Buddhism.
Also: Arhat