anāgāmin
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anāgāmin
(Sanskrit; Pāli). Literally ‘non-returner, never-returner’, the third of the four Noble Persons (ārya-pudgala). The title designates one who has attained the stage before the last in breaking the bonds which prevent one from becoming an Arhat. After death the anāgāmin will be reborn not as a human being but in one of the highest heavens and there will obtain Arhatship.
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