atman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

noun

/ˈɑːtman/

atman atmans aatma aatman atma Ātman

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

witness-consciousness

anātman anattā Sutratman

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