Anagamin
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anagamin Non-Returner or no-more-rebirths, the third of the "four stages of becoming an arhat."
阿那含・不還 (Skt, Pali; Jpn anagon or fugen) Anagamin
A Sanskrit word means one who does not return. It is the certification of the third fruit of Arhatship. After a Sakrdagamin cuts off the last three categories of his delusions in thought in the Desire Realm, he certifies to the third fruit, and never returns.
See; Four Fruition.
The stage of the non-returner, the third of the four stages of Hinayana enlightenment.
See; non-returner.