Visual Vocabulary for Siddhartha, I

1.) Heron: A large fish-eating bird with long legs, a long S-

shaped neck, and a long pointed bill.

2. Jackal: A slender, long-legged wild dog.

3. Enlightenment: The attainment of spiritual knowledge or 

insight, (in Buddhism) that which frees a person from the 

cycle of rebirth.

4. Onerous: Involving a burdensome amount of effort and 

difficulty.

(carrying rocks)

5. Palliative: A remedy, medicine.

6. Nirvana: Liberation of the soul from the effects of karma 

and from bodily existence; state of peace.

7. Rebirth: The process of being reincarnated or born again.

8. Ascetic: Severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. (ex. starvation)