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Siddhartha

American  
[si-dahr-tuh, -thuh] / sɪˈdɑr tə, -θə /

noun

  1. an epithet of Buddha meaning “he who has attained his goal.”

  2. (italics) a novel (1922) by Hermann Hesse.


Siddhartha British  
/ sɪˈdɑːtə /

noun

  1. the personal name of the Buddha

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“COVID initially was considered an infectious-disease crisis,” said Dr. Siddhartha Kumar, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Kaiser and the study’s senior author.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2024

“This is small step toward justice,” Siddhartha Rathod, a lawyer for the Glass family, said in a brief interview on Friday.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2024

A seven-year-old Siddhartha Ullah was watching the 2014 Winter Olympics on TV when a realisation hit him.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2024

Siddhartha Gautama spent years seeking the answer to the problem of suffering.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

Siddhartha thanked her and laughed, and when she learned that he had not eaten that day nor the previous day, she ordered bread and fruit to be brought to him and attended him.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

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