/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 ]