Tathāgata - Lower Mid-Atlantic

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


OSU B	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
Pitt A	Kenyon B	10	0	10	20
CWRU A	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
OSU A	MSU A	0	10	10	20
OSU C	Pitt C	0	10	10	20
OSU D	MSU B	0	10	10	20
CWRU C	Pitt B	0	10	10	20