noun
the eighteen arhats
Buddhist term referring to the eighteen enlightened disciples of the Buddha, often depicted in East Asian Buddhist art and temples.
この寺には十八羅漢の像が並んでいる。
Statues of the eighteen arhats are lined up in this temple.
From Chinese 十八羅漢 (shíbā luóhàn), a Buddhist term. The Japanese reading is on'yomi.