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ma·hatma (mə hat′mə, -hät′-)

noun

in India, any of a class of wise and holy persons held in special regard or reverence: Mohandas Gandhi was called Mahatma

Etymology: Sans mahātman < mahā, great (see magni-) + ātman, atman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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