Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Publication Date: April 06, 2008

Publisher: Project Gutenberg

Format: Kindle Edition

Authors: Hermann Hesse, Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer, Semyon Chaichenets, Michael Pullen, Chandra Yenco, Isaac Jones

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Siddhartha is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. It was published in the U.S. in 1951 and became influential during the 1960s. Hesse dedicated the first part of it to Romain Rolland and the second to Wilhelm Gundert, his cousin.

The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in the Sanskrit language, siddha (achieved) + artha (what was searched for), which together means "he who has found meaning (of existence)" or "he who has attained his goals". In fact, the Buddha's own name, before his renunciation, was Siddhartha Gautama, Prince of Kapilvastu. In this book, the Buddha is referred to as "Gotama".

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