ATMAN

Etymology

Noun

atman (plural atmans)

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Vedanta) The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.

Anagrams

• MANTA, Tamna, manat, manta

Source: Wiktionary


At"man, n. [Skr. atman.] (Hinduism) (a) The life principle, soul, or individual essence. (b) The universal ego from whom all individual atmans arise. This sense is a European excrescence on the East Indian thought.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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