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Atman

//ˈɑːtman// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman. Hinduism, Jainism

    "However, we have been led beyond this to a threefold analysis which in its western version is body-soul-spirit and in its eastern version body-mind-atman."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of atman. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul; self; ego; essence”). Doublet of edder (“blood vessel”) and cognate with Old English ǣþm (“breath”).

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