Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has accomplished his object: an epithet of Buddha and others.
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- proper noun A male
given name used by followers of various faiths ofIndia ; notably, the personal name ofBuddha .
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- noun founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
Etymologies
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Examples
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I explain to them the story of Buddha, who was called Siddhartha before his enlightenment, and how, after a cloistered life of luxury, he stepped outside his palace one day and saw an old man, a sick man, a corpse, and a starving man who had rejected the material world.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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I explain to them the story of Buddha, who was called Siddhartha before his enlightenment, and how, after a cloistered life of luxury, he stepped outside his palace one day and saw an old man, a sick man, a corpse, and a starving man who had rejected the material world.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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The name Siddhartha is said to have been given him as a child, Gautama being the family name.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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In 1975 I was sitting in the balcony of the Elgin Theatre one electric Manhattan midnight watching through the haze of an opiate ambiance the film Siddhartha, which is based on a Hermann Hesse novel that inundated my generation with yearning.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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In 1975 I was sitting in the balcony of the Elgin Theatre one electric Manhattan midnight watching through the haze of an opiate ambiance the film Siddhartha, which is based on a Hermann Hesse novel that inundated my generation with yearning.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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In 1975 I was sitting in the balcony of the Elgin Theatre one electric Manhattan midnight watching through the haze of an opiate ambiance the film Siddhartha, which is based on a Hermann Hesse novel that inundated my generation with yearning.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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In 1975 I was sitting in the balcony of the Elgin Theatre one electric Manhattan midnight watching through the haze of an opiate ambiance the film Siddhartha, which is based on a Hermann Hesse novel that inundated my generation with yearning.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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In 1975 I was sitting in the balcony of the Elgin Theatre one electric Manhattan midnight watching through the haze of an opiate ambiance the film Siddhartha, which is based on a Hermann Hesse novel that inundated my generation with yearning.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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In 1975 I was sitting in the balcony of the Elgin Theatre one electric Manhattan midnight watching through the haze of an opiate ambiance the film Siddhartha, which is based on a Hermann Hesse novel that inundated my generation with yearning.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Meanwhile, we MacPhersons lay on a quilt in the dirt reading "Siddhartha," "Harry Potter," "Lord of the Flies," and "The Constant Gardner," respectively by me, Fraser, Molly, and Charlie.
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Siddhartha: Novel by Hermann Hesse; 1972 film based on the novel directed by Conrad Rooks.
August 14, 2011