Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 10 · 1,511 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Brahmans — Fiction · Buddhism — Fiction · Buddhist philosophy — Fiction · Gautama Buddha — Fiction

Words worth knowing: longingly · pristine · downhill · ablution · disobedient · indestructible · mango · mockingly

Siddhartha An Indian Tale by Herman Hesse Contents FIRST PART THE SON OF THE BRAHMAN WITH THE SAMANAS GOTAMA AWAKENING SECOND PART KAMALA WITH THE CHILDLIKE PEOPLE SANSARA BY THE RIVER THE FERRYMAN THE SON OM GOVINDA FIRST PART To Romain Rolland, my dear friend THE SON OF THE BRAHMAN In the shade of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the boats, in the shade of the Sal-wood forest, in the shade of the fig tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, son of a Brahman.

The sun tanned his light shoulders by the banks of the river when bathing, performing the sacred ablutions, the sacred offerings.

In the mango grove, shade poured into his black eyes, when playing as a boy, when his mother sang, when the sacred offerings were made, when his father, the scholar, taught him, when the wise men talked.

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