Mahatma

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    In India or Tibet, a person thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity.

    "Certain cults and individuals from the West look towards Tibet as the abode of mysterious Mahatmas and "Masters", and the home of the Great White Brotherhood."

  2. 2
    (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage wordnet

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"Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of nonviolence, was born in 1869."

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit महात्मा (mahātmā, “great spirit”).

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