Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists vs Siddhartha: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists Margaret Elizabeth Noble · 1913 412 pages · ≈ 7 h 38 m · Challenging

Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1913) is a book written by Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy.

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Cover of Siddhartha Siddhartha Hermann Hesse · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.1 124 pages · ≈ 2 h 18 m · Challenging

Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact,…

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1 film adaptation

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Myths of the Hindus & BuddhistsSiddhartha
Goodreads — 4.1 (912012)
Hardcover — 4.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.5 (109)

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Myths of the Hindus & BuddhistsSiddhartha
Ratings — 912012
Editions 11 206
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 585732
Reading it now — 34903
Written reviews — 37480
Wikipedia attention 69 31996
Pages 412 124

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