ANATMAN/ANATTA

Meaning of ANATMAN/ANATTA in English

The Buddhist notion that there is no eternal soul, unlike in Hinduism. Instead, each living person is an association of five skandas , which fly apart at death. Linguistically, "atta" is Pali for "atman" while "an" is the negative. The term literally means "no soul."

Buddhism English glossary. Английский глоссарий буддизма. 2012

ANATTA — I. ˌənəˈtä noun or an·at·man (ˌ)əˈnätmən ( -s ) Etymology: Pali & Skt: Pali anatta, from Sanskrit anātman, literally, having …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANATMAN — variant of anatta
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANATTA — /un"euht tah'/ , n. Buddhism. the doctrine asserting the nonexistence of a personal and immortal soul. Sanskrit, anatman. Cf. Three …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANATMAN — /euh naht"meuhn/ , n. Sanskrit. anatta.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANATTA — ((Pali: non-self, or substanceless), ) Sanskrit Anatman, in Buddhism, the doctrine that there is in humans no permanent, underlying substance …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANATTA — (also anatto) var. of ANNATTO.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANATTA — (also anatto) var. of ANNATTO.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANATTA — (also anatto) var. of ANNATTO.
Oxford English vocab
ANATTA — Анатман
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VIPASSANA — In Theravada Buddhism, a method of insight meditation. It aims at developing understanding of the nature of reality by focusing …
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ANATTO — I. noun see annatto II. see anatta II
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THREE SIGNS OF BEING — Buddhism. the three characteristics of every living thing, which are anicca, or impermanence, dukkha, or suffering, and anatta, or the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUNYATA — in Buddhist philosophy, the voidness that constitutes ultimate reality; sunyata is seen not as a negation of existence but rather …
Britannica English vocabulary
DUKKHA — ( (Pali), ) Sanskrit Duhkha (sorrow, suffering, imperfection, or spiritual anguish), in Buddhist thought, the true nature of all existence. …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANICCA — ( (Pali), ) Sanskrit Anitya, in Buddhism, the doctrine of impermanence, one of the basic characteristics of all existence. Anicca, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANNATTO — n. (also anatta, anatto) an orange-red dye from the pulp of a tropical fruit, used for colouring foods. [Carib name …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANNATTO — n. (also anatta, anatto) an orange-red dye from the pulp of a tropical fruit, used for colouring foods. [ Carib …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANNATTO — n. (also anatta, anatto) an orange-red dye from the pulp of a tropical fruit, used for colouring foods. Etymology: Carib …
Oxford English vocab
VIPASSANA — n. In Theravada Buddhism, a method of insight meditation. It aims at developing understanding of the nature of reality by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
АНАТМАН — Anatta
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