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(Sanskrit: "breath" or "self") Basic concept in Hindu philosophy, describing that eternal core of the personality that survives death and transmigrates to a new life or is released from the bonds of existence.
Atman became a central philosophical concept in the Upanishads . It underlies all aspects of personality, as Brahman underlies the working of the universe. The schools of Samkhya , Yoga , and Vedanta are particularly concerned with atman. See also soul .