Siddhartha
Vorzugsausgabe der Erstauflage von 1922, Originalverlagseinband.JPG
First edition cover
Author	Hermann Hesse
Translator	Hilda Rosner
Country	Germany
Language	German
Publisher	New Directions (U.S.)
Publication date
1922, 1951 (U.S.)
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	152
OCLC	9766655
Dewey Decimal
833.912
Siddhartha is a 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[1] and the second part to Wilhelm Gundert, his cousin.

The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in 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".[2] 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 