Tathagata, Tathāgata, Tatha-gata: 20 definitions
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Tathagata has 19 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Tathagat.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTathāgata (तथागत):—(tathā + gata)
1) adj. sich in solcher Lage —, in solchem Zustande befindend; derartig, so beschaffen: nalaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāgatam [Mahābhārata 3, 3014.] ājagmuḥ sahitāstatra yatra rājā tathāgataḥ [1, 4879. 12, 5549.] imāṃ tathāgatabhrātṛkām [Mālavikāgnimitra 67, 18] (vgl. aṃhāsu tahagadesuvi [63, ult.]). śriyaṃ tathāgatāṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalantīmiva pāṇḍave [Mahābhārata 2, 1690.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 3, 5.] —
2) m. a) ein Buddha [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 8.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 232.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 5] u. s. w. Der Name wird auf verschiedene Weise gedeutet und sowohl in tathā + gata, als auch in tathā + āgata zerlegt; vgl. [Burnouf 75,] [Nalopākhyāna 5. 626.] Nach unserer Meinung eignet sich die u. 1. angegebene Bed. besser als alle übrigen zur Bez. eines Buddha: die Prädicate desselben sind so mannichfaltig und zugleich so schwer durch einen geeigneten Ausdruck zu bezeichnen, dass man es vorzog ihn schlechtweg als einen solchen, wie er in Wirklichkeit ist, zu bezeichnen. — b) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten Hist. de la vie de [Hiouen-Thsang I, 150.] — Vgl. durgata, sugata .
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Tathāgata (तथागत):—
1) [Spr. 3465.] —
2) a) [SARVADARŚANAS. 21, 8. 10.] so v. a. Buddhist [Oxforder Handschriften 247,a, Nalopākhyāna 3.] [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 90,8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTathāgata (तथागत):——
1) Adj. sich in solcher Lage — , sich in solchem Zustande befindend , sich so benehmend [57,17.] derartig , so beschaffen. —
2) m. — a) ein Buddha. — b) ein Buddhist. — c) *N. pr. eines Fürsten.
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Starts with (+25): Tathagata Sutta, Tathagatabala, Tathagatabalani, Tathagatabhadra, Tathagatabhashita, Tathagatabhisheka, Tathagatabimbaparivarta, Tathagatachintyaguhyanirdesha, Tathagatacintyaguhyanirdesha, Tathagatadasa, Tathagatadhishthana, Tathagatagarbha, Tathagatagarbhasutra, Tathagataguhyaka, Tathagataguhyasutra, Tathagatagunajnanacintyavishayavataranirdesha, Tathagatagupta, Tathagatahridaya, Tathagatajnana, Tathagatajnanamudrasamadhi.
Ends with: Pancatathagata, Saptatathagata, Sarvatathagata.
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2g) How a newly born joy is produced in these < [Part 2 - The essence]
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Appendix 1 - Comparison of the Boddhisattva and the Buddha with the moon < [Chapter XLV - Application of Merit]
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