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Anand
Anand Anand names the condition that Vedantic philosophy identifies as the deepest nature of reality itself. Characters with this name are frequently written as genuinely, almost puzzlingly content — their happiness is not naive cheerfulness but a settled equanimity that others find both enviable and slightly mysterious.
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