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atman [aht-muh n] ExamplesWord Origin noun Hinduism.
- the principle of life.
- the individual self, known after enlightenment to be identical with Brahman.
- (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] /ˈɑt mə/. Origin of atman First recorded in 1775–85, atman is from the Sanskrit word ātman breath, self Examples from the Web for atma Historical Examples of atma
Are they going to start something now that will get Atma in jail?
Susan Glaspell
In Sanscrit that eternal part is called by many names, but the best seems that used in this passage, Atma.
Friedrich Max Mller
In a frenzy I broke my way through the attendants, and rushed through hall and corridor to my Atma’s chamber.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales
Arthur Conan Doyle
British Dictionary definitions for atma atman noun Hinduism
- the personal soul or self; the thinking principle as manifested in consciousness
- Brahman considered as the Universal Soul, the great Self or Person that dwells in the entire created order
Word Origin for atman from Sanskrit ātman breath; compare Old High German ātum breath Word Origin and History for atma atman n.
1785, from Sanskrit atma “essence, breath, soul,” from PIE *etmen “breath” (a root found in Sanskrit and Germanic, cf. Old English æðm, Dutch adem, Old High German atum “breath,” Old English eþian, Dutch ademen “to breathe”).