ātman | आत्मन् | Atman
ātma/n | आत्म/न् | m. (variously derived fr. an | अन् |, to breathe; at | अत् |, to move; vā | वा |, to blow; cf. tma/n | त्म/न् |) the breath, RV.
the soul, principle of life and sensation, RV.; AV. &c.
the individual soul, self, abstract individual [e.g. ātma/n | आत्म/न् | (Ved. loc.) ḍatte | डत्ते |, or karoti | करोति |, ‘he places in himself’, makes his own, TS. v; ŚBr.; ātmanā akarot | आत्मना अकरोत् |, ‘he did it himself’, Kād.; ātmanā vi-√ yuj | आत्मना वि-√ युज् |, ‘to lose one's life’, Mn. vii, 46; ātman | आत्मन् | in the sg. is used as reflexive pronoun for all three persons and all three genders, e.g. ātmānaṃ sā hanti | आत्मानं सा हन्ति |, ‘she strikes herself’; putram ātmanaḥ spfśwvā nipetatuḥ | पुत्रम् आत्मनः स्प्फ़्श्wवा निपेततुः |, ‘they two having touched their son fell down’, R. ii, 64, 28; see also below s.v. ātmanā | आत्मना |]
essence, nature, character, peculiarity (often ifc., e.g. karmātman | कर्मात्मन् |, &c.), RV. x, 97, 11, &c.
the person or whole body considered as one and opposed to the separate members of the body, VS.; ŚBr.
the body, Ragh. i, 14; RāmatUp.
(ifc.) ‘the understanding, intellect, mind’, see naśwātman | नश्wआत्मन् |, mandā˚ | मन्दा˚ |
the highest personal principle of life, Brahma (cf. paramātman | परमात्मन् |), AV. x, 8, 44; VS. xxxii, 11; ŚBr. xiv, &c.
effort, L.
(= ḍfti | ड्फ़्ति |) firmness, L.
the sun, L.
fire, L.
a son, L.;
ātman | आत्मन् | [Old Germ. ātum; Angl.Sax. ædhm; Mod. Germ. Athem, Odem; Gk. ἀϋτμήν, ἀτμός (?).]
the soul, principle of life and sensation, RV.; AV. &c.
the individual soul, self, abstract individual [e.g. ātma/n | आत्म/न् | (Ved. loc.) ḍatte | डत्ते |, or karoti | करोति |, ‘he places in himself’, makes his own, TS. v; ŚBr.; ātmanā akarot | आत्मना अकरोत् |, ‘he did it himself’, Kād.; ātmanā vi-√ yuj | आत्मना वि-√ युज् |, ‘to lose one's life’, Mn. vii, 46; ātman | आत्मन् | in the sg. is used as reflexive pronoun for all three persons and all three genders, e.g. ātmānaṃ sā hanti | आत्मानं सा हन्ति |, ‘she strikes herself’; putram ātmanaḥ spfśwvā nipetatuḥ | पुत्रम् आत्मनः स्प्फ़्श्wवा निपेततुः |, ‘they two having touched their son fell down’, R. ii, 64, 28; see also below s.v. ātmanā | आत्मना |]
essence, nature, character, peculiarity (often ifc., e.g. karmātman | कर्मात्मन् |, &c.), RV. x, 97, 11, &c.
the person or whole body considered as one and opposed to the separate members of the body, VS.; ŚBr.
the body, Ragh. i, 14; RāmatUp.
(ifc.) ‘the understanding, intellect, mind’, see naśwātman | नश्wआत्मन् |, mandā˚ | मन्दा˚ |
the highest personal principle of life, Brahma (cf. paramātman | परमात्मन् |), AV. x, 8, 44; VS. xxxii, 11; ŚBr. xiv, &c.
effort, L.
(= ḍfti | ड्फ़्ति |) firmness, L.
the sun, L.
fire, L.
a son, L.;
ātman | आत्मन् | [Old Germ. ātum; Angl.Sax. ædhm; Mod. Germ. Athem, Odem; Gk. ἀϋτμήν, ἀτμός (?).]