ตถาคต

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ตถาคต m

  1. Thai script form of tathāgata

Declension

Thai

Etymology

From Pali tathāgata (literally (one who has) thus gone), from tathā (such; thus; accordingly) + gata (gone); ultimately from Sanskrit तथागत (tathāgata, idem), from तथा (tathā, idem) + गत (gata, idem); equivalent to Thai ตถา +‎ คต (kót). Cognate with Old Khmer tathāgata, taṭhṭhāgata; Modern Khmer តថាគត (tâthaktâ).

Pronunciation

Orthographicตถาคต
t tʰ ā g t
Phonemic
ตะ-ถา-คด
t a – tʰ ā – g ɗ
RomanizationPaiboondtà-tǎa-kót
Royal Instituteta-tha-khot
(standard) IPA(key)/ta˨˩.tʰaː˩˩˦.kʰot̚˦˥/(R)

Noun

ตถาคต (dtà-tǎa-kót)

  1. (Buddhism) tathagata