ātman

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[apte] m. [at-maniṇ Uṇ. 4. 152 said to be from an to breathe also] 1 The soul, the individual soul, the breath, the principle of life and sensation; kimātmanā yo na jiteṃdriyo bhavet H. 1; ātmānaṃ rathinaṃ viddhi śarīraṃ rathameva tu Kaṭh. (In H. 4. 87 ātman is com- pared to a river). --2 Self, oneself; in this sense mostly used reflex- ively for all three persons and in the singular number, masculine gender, whatever be...

[mw] m. (variously derived fr. an, to breathe; at, to move; vā, to blow; cf. tm/an) the breath RV. 135,1 23455 m. the soul, principle of life and sensation RV.; AV. &c 135,1 23456 m. the individual soul, self, abstract individual [ e.g. ātm/an (Ved. loc.) dhatte, or karoti, he places in himself, makes his own TS. v; S3Br.; ātmanā akarot, he did it himself Ka1d.; ātmanā vi-yuj, to lose one's life Mn. vii, 46; ātman in the...

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m. [at-maniṇ Uṇ. 4. 152 said to be from an to breathe also] 1 The soul, the individual soul, the breath, the principle of life and sensation; kimātmanā yo na jiteṃdriyo bhavet H....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

9,629

Texts Appeared In

179

DCS: name of the cave contained in the mountain Kishkindha (the city of Vālin and Sugrīva); name of the mountain Kishkindha | Monier-Williams: Atman [ Old Germ. ātum ; Angl.Sax. ædhm ; Mod. Germ. Athem , Odem ;

Semantic Classification

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1. Mahābhārata 2,884 30.0%
2. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 581 6.0%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 526 5.5%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 367 3.8%
5. Kūrmapurāṇa 324 3.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: ātmā

  sa tān uvāca dharmātmā maharṣīn mānavo bhṛguḥ

• Manusmṛti surface: ātmānaṃ

  ātmānaṃ ca paśuṃ caiva gamayaty uttamāṃ gatim

• Manusmṛti surface: ātma

  yo 'hiṃsakāni bhūtāni hinasty ātmasukhecchayā