Siddhartha

[ si-dahr-tuh, -thuh ]

/ sɪˈdɑr tə, -θə /

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noun

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

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

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Words nearby Siddhartha

sicut patribus, sit Deus nobis, Sicyon, Sid, sidalcea, Sidamo, Siddhartha, siddhi, siddhuism, Siddons, siddur, side

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How to use Siddhartha in a sentence

Two and a half millennia ago, Siddhartha Gautama sought enlightenment.
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“Much of what happens in the show mirrors the story of Siddhartha,” Jablonski says.
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Also on stage was the elegant Siddhartha Mukherjee, a cancer doctor and author of the bestselling The Emperor of All Maladies.
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She imagined that she had won the love of young Siddhartha, but he took no further notice of her.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1|Various

The name Siddhartha is said to have been given him as a child, Gautama being the family name.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1|Various
I saw a man, Siddhartha thought, a single man, before whom I would have to lower my glance.
Siddhartha|Herman Hesse
Siddhartha answered: "How old, would you think, is our oldest Samana, our venerable teacher?"
Siddhartha|Herman Hesse
Never before, Siddhartha had venerated a person so much, never before he had loved a person as much as this one.
Siddhartha|Herman Hesse

British Dictionary definitions for Siddhartha

Siddhartha

/ (sɪˈdɑːtə) /

noun

the personal name of the Buddha

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