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mahatma
[ muh-haht-muh, -hat- ]
noun
- a Brahman sage.
- (especially in India) a person who is held in the highest esteem for wisdom and saintliness.
- (in Theosophy) a great sage who has renounced further spiritual development in order to aid those who are less advanced.
mahatma
/ məˈhɑːtmə; -ˈhæt- /
noun
- Hinduism a Brahman sage
- theosophy an adept or sage
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Derived Forms
- maˈhatmaism, noun
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Other Words From
- ma·hatma·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mahatma1
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Example Sentences
He visited the White House and advised Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi.
The Nobel committee said he was continuing in the noble tradition of Mahatma Gandhi.
South Africa, not India, was the crucible in which the Mahatma was forged.
First film recording of Mahatma Gandhi, 1931, is now available on YouTube.
If Mahatma Gandhi returned and was democratically elected as president of the Palestinian Authority, it would not matter.
That was an unusually long speech for my Mahatma—proof that he was very much in earnest.
It was not in vain that Mahatma declared, “put up thy sword into the sheath.”
The idea was, to quote the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “political” and not “educational.”
It was, to quote the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “a concession to popular agitation.”
This is what Mahatma teaches us and this is the message of all India.
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