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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.
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Origin:
1775–85; < Skt ātman breath, self
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at·man   (ät'mən)   
n.   Hinduism

  1. The individual soul or essence.

  2. Atman The essence that is eternal, unchanging, and indistinguishable from the essence of the universe.


[Sanskrit ātman, breath, spirit.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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