Tathāgata - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

The colossal gold Spring Temple Buddha statue in Zhōngyuán (“JONG-yoo-en”) depicts one non-Gautama figure with this epithet. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this Sanskrit epithet of the Buddha, meaning “one who has thus gone.” In a namesake “Awakening Sutra,” Vairochana (“vye-ROH-chuh-nuh”) is described with this word, which also names a group of “five Buddhas” to which he belongs.

ANSWER: Tathāgata (“tuh-TAH-guh-tuh”) [accept Five Tathāgatas or pañcatathāgata]

[10m] Vairochana is associated with this object as the central member of the Tathāgatas. Early Buddhist iconography also attests a Hindu deity of this object, who is depicted in a chariot drawn by seven horses.

ANSWER: Sun [accept Sūrya; accept rì]

[10e] The Buddha earned the epithet Tathāgata for having transcended saṃsāra by attaining this state. This Buddhist term refers to a state of freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth.

ANSWER: nirvana [or nirvāṇa; or nibbāna; or nièpán]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	2	5.00	50%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	17.14	86%	71%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
North	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	9	18.89	89%	89%	11%
South Central	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	14.29	71%	71%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	86%	14%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northern California	Main	N	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Southern California	Main	N	7	25.71	100%	100%	57%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	N	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	N	9	22.22	100%	89%	33%
Florida	Main	N	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	N	11	21.82	100%	73%	46%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	9	22.22	100%	78%	44%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	9	21.11	100%	78%	33%
Midwest	Main	N	9	24.44	100%	100%	44%
North	Main	N	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Pacific	Main	N	8	23.75	100%	100%	38%
South Central	Main	N	6	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Southeast	Main	N	12	22.50	100%	75%	50%
UK (North)	UK	N	5	22.00	100%	60%	60%
UK (South)	UK	N	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	N	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30
Berkeley E	UCSC	0	10	10	20
USC	Claremont Scripps	0	10	10	20
UCLA C	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
UCI	UCSB	0	10	10	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	10	20
Berkeley A	Stanford C	0	10	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley F	0	0	10	10
Guelph A	Ottawa	0	10	10	20
UF C	UCF B	0	0	10	10
UF B	UCF A	0	0	0	0
McMaster A	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Queen's B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Toronto A	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Toronto I	Toronto F	0	0	10	10
Toronto H	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Toronto J	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Toronto K	Western Ontario	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	10	30
McMaster C	Waterloo	0	0	10	10
OSU D	MSU B	0	10	10	20
CWRU C	Pitt B	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
OSU B	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
Pitt A	Kenyon B	10	0	10	20
OSU A	MSU A	0	10	10	20
OSU C	Pitt C	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	North Carolina C	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	North Carolina A	0	0	10	10
North Carolina B	Roanoke	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	Tusculum	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Virginia B	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Queen's A	Guelph B	0	10	10	20
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	10	10
Penn A	George Mason C	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	George Washington B	0	10	10	20
George Mason A	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame E	Maryland C	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Maryland D	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Georgetown B	0	0	10	10
Georgetown A	UMBC A	0	10	10	20
VCU A	Penn B	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Columbia A	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A	Lehigh B	0	0	10	10
Princeton A	Vassar A	0	10	10	20
Columbia C	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
Rowan A	Swarthmore A	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	Truman State	0	10	10	20
WashU A	SIUE	0	10	0	10
WashU D	WashU B	0	10	10	20
William Woods	Missouri B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Notre Dame C	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Chicago C	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Michigan D	Purdue A	0	0	10	10
Purdue B	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Macalester B	Nebraska	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	St. Thomas	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Minnesota B	0	10	10	20
Macalester A	Minnesota C	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Yale B	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
Alberta	Simon Fraser	0	10	10	20
British Columbia A	British Columbia B	0	0	10	10
British Columbia C	British Columbia D	0	0	10	10
Tulsa	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	UTD A	0	10	0	10
McGill D	Arizona State B	0	0	10	10
Northwestern C	Ohio	0	10	10	20
Iowa	Texas A	0	0	0	0
Texas B	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
UCO	Northwestern A	0	10	10	20
Washington B	Washington A	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Bruin A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Bristol A	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
Warwick B	LSE B	0	0	10	10
Manchester B	Edinburgh B	0	10	10	20
Cornell-DII	RIT A	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Binghamton A	0	0	10	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
ESF	Syracuse	0	0	10	10
UAB A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Huntsville A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Alabama A	10	10	10	30