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Atman

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brahmannoun(Hinduism) The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools.
jnananoun(Hinduism) The knowledge, acquired through meditation, that one's self (atman) is identical with Ultimate Reality (Brahman).
jivaatmanounAlternative form of jivatma. [(Hinduism, Jainism) An individual soul.]
jivatmanoun(Hinduism, Jainism) An individual soul.
vedantanounA Hindu system of philosophy concerned with the self-realisation by which one comes to understand the ultimate nature of reality, or Brahman.
jivanoun(Jainism, Hinduism) All living beings; the essence or soul of such beings.
witness-consciousnessnounSynonym of atman.
animanoun(chiefly philosophy) The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
tattvanoun(Indian philosophy) An element or aspect of reality conceived as an aspect of deity, forming the basis of human experience.
inner mannounThe spiritual or intellectual part of a person; a person's mind, soul, or nature.
witness consciousnessnounAlternative form of witness-consciousness. [Synonym of atman.]
gunanoun(countable) In Hindu philosophy, any of the three fundamental operating principles or tendencies of prakṛti (universal nature): sattva, rajas, and tamas.
aggregatenounA mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
vijnananoun(Buddhism, Hinduism) consciousness; life force
essencenounThe inherent nature of a thing or idea.
self-realizationnounThe fulfillment of one's own abilities or capacities; self-actualization.
jagatnoun(Indian philosophy) The material or physical world as subjectively experienced.
soulnoun(religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
prananoun(Hinduism, yoga) Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
animusnounThe basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.

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