These achievements of perfection make them worthy of veneration by humans and devas, so they are also known as the "Worthy of Worship." Such purity and piety of spiritual perfection, such lofty attainments, meant that the title of Lohan came to be bestowed on distinguished monks.
而這些修行上的成就，足堪接受人道、天道的供養，「應供」遂也成了阿羅漢的別稱。他們的修行如此清淨、虔誠，成就又高，後人遂也用以尊稱當世的高僧。