Siddhartha
Americannoun
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an epithet of Buddha meaning “he who has attained his goal.”
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(italics) a novel (1922) by Hermann Hesse.
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“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
Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening — or enlightenment — some 2,600 years ago, becoming the Buddha.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
The award-winning composer Siddhartha Khosla describes how the Indian music he grew up with influenced the sound on the hit Hulu series, which is back for a third season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Govinda said: 'You speak thus, my friend, and yet you know that Siddhartha is no driver of oxen and a Samana is no drunkard.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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