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‖ Tathagata, n. Buddhism.|təˈtɑːgətə|
[Skr. Tathāgata one who has gone the same way, i.e. as earlier Buddhas, f. tathā in that manner, so + gata gone.]
One of the highest titles accorded to a Buddha (and that used by Gautama in referring to himself); one who has attained perfection.
1835Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal IV. 211 Of all things proceeding from cause, the cause is Tathágata. 1853R. S. Hardy Man. Budhism iv. 89 He begins by naming 120 Tathágatas, who instructed him therein in his former births. 1895E. W. Hopkins Relig. India xiii. 303 Siddhārtha, the boy, Gautama by his family cognomen..was known also as..Tathāgata ‘who is arrived like’ (the preceding Buddhas, at perfection). 1945A. Huxley Let. 10 Apr. (1969) 520 For the Tathagata there is no going anywhere after death, for he is there already in the full, unwavering perception of Suchness. 1986Summary of World Broadcasts: U.S.S.R. (B.B.C.) 18 Aug. a3/5 Buddhists living in the USSR have denounced a South Korean plan for a ‘Tathagata council’. |