/ˈɑːtman/
OriginFrom Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul; self; ego; essence”). Doublet of edder (“blood vessel”) and cognate with Old English ǣþm (“breath”).
- Hinduism, JainismThe true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.
“However, we have been led beyond this to a threefold analysis which in its western version is body-soul-spirit and in its eastern version body-mind-atman.”
“Atman is the manifestation of brahman in the human body. The central theme of the Upanishads is that in the liberated state the atman is identical with brahman.[…]The word atman is generally translate”
“The human being in Hindu thought comprises Atman (or Punisha) and Maya (or Prakriti). The Hindu doctrine of Atman concerns one's deepest identity.”
Formsatmans(plural) · aatma(alternative) · aatman(alternative) · atma(alternative) · Atman(alternative) · Ātman(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary