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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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“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

"What followed was a lesson in the art of seam bowling, angling in from over the wicket and keeping it in the narrow straight just outside off," wrote Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, a cricket writer in ESPNCricinfo.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2023

Best-selling American author David Grann is nominated for the stirring seafaring yarn “The Wager,” while physician-writer Siddhartha Mukherjee is in the running with “The Song of the Cell.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2023

But based on their track record, the outlook for Simon & Schuster, publisher of important authors like Ernest Hemingway, Siddhartha Mukherjee and Doris Lessing, darkened considerably this week.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2023

With a smile Siddhartha watched the departing monk.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

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