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World Literature and Composition Siddhartha Information Sheet Characters Siddhartha Protagonist Handsome, intelligent, Brahmin’s son Searching for Self Govinda Siddhartha’s best friend Joins him at first but eventually becomes a Buddhist monk Siddhartha Gautama Sakyamuni (the Buddha) The Illustrious One Presented as a man, with emphasis on his reality, his humanity, and his peacefulness Kamala Courtesan (highly placed prostitute) with whom Siddhartha falls in love Mother of his son Vasudeva Ferryman Becomes Siddhartha’s spiritual guide Siddhartha’s son 11 years old Spoiled Rebels against his father’s lifestyle and values Hindu and Buddhist Terms Ascetic A person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons. A person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction. Brahmin Cultured, intelligent person of the upper class A member of the priestly Brahmin case, the highest caste in India Hindu belief is that the nearly perfect souls are born into the Brahmin caste Om A Hindu sacred word that symbolizes Brahma, spoken before reciting mantras or mystically contemplated in its written or spoken form Atman The soul of the individual in Hindu philosophy Soul of universe and source of all individual souls All Radiant Hinduism Ultimate peace of perfection when a human becomes a god Rig-Veda The oldest and most important of the sacred books of Hindus Sanskrit Ancient sacred and literary language of India Upanishads of Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishads Any one of a group of ancient Sanskrit philosophical commentaries Brahman/Brahma In Hindu theology, the pervading soul of the universe, the essence of being and intelligence Atman God of creation Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, Siva the destroyer Samanas Wandering Hindu ascetics who practice self-denial Nirvana Buddhist idea of heavenly peace Perfect happiness Reached by the complete absorption of one’s self into the supreme universal spirit Mara According to early Buddhists, the devil who tempted Buddha Maya Hinduism The endless repetition of births, deaths, and rebirths to which man is subject Krishna One of the most important Hindu gods An incarnation of Vishnu Agni In Hinduism, a principal Vedic god God of fire, the sun, and lighting and mediator between mankind and the gods