Tathāgata
Person부처님이 스스로를 가리켜 쓴 칭호로, 주석서들은 여덟 가지 이상의 설명을 제시하나 일치된 견해가 없다. 이 용어는 불교 이전부터 존재했으며 부처님뿐 아니라 어떤 아라한에게도 적용될 수 있다고 지적된다.
An epithet of the Buddha, used by the Buddha in referring to himself.
The Commentaries (DA.i.59-67; AA.i.58-63; MA.39-43; UdA.128 ff, etc.) give eight (sometimes expanded to sixteen) explanations of the word, which shows that there was probably no fixed tradition on the point.
The explanations indicate that the name can be used for any Arahant, and not necessarily only for a Buddha.
The term was evidently pre-Buddhistic, though it has not yet been found in any pre-Buddhistic work.
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