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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