atman

[aht-muhn] Origin

at·man

[aht-muhn]
noun Hinduism.
1.
the principle of life.
2.
the individual self, known after enlightenment to be identical with Brahman.
3.
(initial capital letter) the World Soul, from which all individual souls derive, and to which they return as the supreme goal of existence.
Also, at·ma [aht-muh] .


Origin:
1775–85; < Sanskrit ātman breath, self
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atman (ˈaːtmən)
 
n
1.  the personal soul or self; the thinking principle as manifested in consciousness
2.  Brahman considered as the Universal Soul, the great Self or Person that dwells in the entire created order
 
[from Sanskrit ātman breath; compare Old High German ātum breath]

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atman
1785, from Skt. atma "essence, breath, soul," from PIE *etmen "breath" (a root found in Skt. and Gmc.; cf. O.E. æðm, Du. adem, O.H.G. atum "breath," O.E. eþian, Du. ademen "to breathe").
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