ATMAN


Meaning of ATMAN in English

/aht"meuhn/ , n. Hinduism.

1. the principle of life.

2. the individual self, known after enlightenment to be identical with Brahman.

3. ( cap. ) the World Soul, from which all individual souls derive, and to which they return as the supreme goal of existence.

Also, atma /aht"meuh/ .

[ 1775-85; atman breath, self ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .