Tathāgata

(Pali: [tɐˈtʰaːɡɐtɐ]) is a Pali word; Gautama Buddha used it while referring to himself or other Buddhists in the Pāli Canon. The term is often thought to mean either “one who has thus gone” (tathā-gata), “one who has thus come” (tathā-āgata), or sometimes, “one who has thus not gone” (tathā-agata) emphasizing the principle of continuity.