Atman Definition

ätmən
noun
The individual soul or essence.
American Heritage
The individual soul or ego.
Webster's New World
The essence that is eternal, unchanging, and indistinguishable from the essence of the universe.
American Heritage
The universal soul; source of all individual souls.
Webster's New World

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

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Other Word Forms of Atman

Noun

Singular:
atman
Plural:
atmans

Origin of Atman

  • From Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul; self; essence”), from Proto-Indo-European (compare Old English ǣþm (“breath”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Sanskrit ātmā ātman- breath, spirit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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