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"Siddhartha" is a novel by Hermann Hesse that follows a man's spiritual journey as he seeks enlightenment and meaning in life. The book is considered important for exploring themes of self-discovery and the human search for purpose through a narrative informed by Buddhist and Hindu philosophy.
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Genre
- developmental novel
- Country of origin
- Weimar Republic
- Follows
- Klingsor's Last Summer
- Narrative location
- India
- Image
- Vorzugsausgabe der Erstauflage von 1922.JPG
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- work available at URL
- standardebooks.org/ebooks/hermann-hesse/siddhartha/gunther-olesch_anke-dreher_amy-coulter_stefan-langer_semyon-chaichenets
- Commons category
- Siddhartha (novel)
- inception
- 1922-00-00
- publication date
- 1922-01-01
- title
- Câu chuyên dòng sông
- copyright status
- public domain
- language of work or name
- German
- different from
- Siddhartha
- derivative work
- Siddhartha
- number of pages
- 152
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Encyclopedic overview
Siddhartha: An Indian novel (German: Siddhartha. Eine indische Dichtung; German: [ziˈdaʁta] ) 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 United States in 1951 by New Directions Publishing and became influential during the 1960s. Hesse dedicated the first part of it to the French writer Romain Rolland and the second part 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 Kapilavastu. In this book, the Buddha is referred to as "Gotama", the Pali version of the Buddha's name.
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