Tathagata simply translates to one who has thus gone
It sounds incredibly majestic until you realize it effectively means 'the guy who left the building'. Often used by the Buddha to refer to himself, it implies a state of moving beyond all coming and going, completely transcending the temporary nature of earthly existence to become completely untethered from reality.

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