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.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Atman
Noun
Singular:
atman
Plural:
atmansOrigin of Atman
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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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