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atman definition

at·man (ät′mən)

noun

  1. the individual soul or ego
  2. the universal soul; source of all individual souls

Etymology: Sans ātm, breath, soul, Supreme Spirit < IE *ēt-men, breath > OE æthm, Ger atem

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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