sotaapanna]: Stream winner. A person who has abandoned the first three of the fetters that bind the mind to the cycle of rebirth (see samyojana) and has thus entered the "stream" flowing inexorably to nibbana, ensuring that one will be reborn at most only seven more times, and only into human or higher realms. [ MORE

a "stream-enterer," a person who has reached the first stage of enlightenment

a Stream winner, who has entered the stream (of Magga) or attained the first level of Enlightenment

a person who has realised the first stage of enlightenment

Sotapanna the first of Sangha-members A Sotapanna (Pali, Sanskrit: Srotapanna) is a partially-enlightened person, who has eradicated the first three fetters of the mind, that prevent freedom. Sotapanna literally means "one who enters (āpadyate) the stream (sota)", after a simile that compares attaining enlightenment with crossing a stream and reaching the further shore. Sotapannaship is the first of the four stages of enlightenment.