आत्मन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Probably ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *ētmen-. Cognates include Old High German ātum (“breath”) (whence German Atem), Tocharian A āñcäm (from a related root).

Noun

आत्मन् • (ātman) m

  1. breath (RV.)
  2. soul, life (RV., AV., etc.)
  3. self
  4. nature, character
  5. a person as a whole, as opposed to their parts (VS., ŚBr.)
  6. body
  7. mind, understanding
  8. the world-soul
  9. effort (L.)
  10. firmness (L.)
  11. sun (L.)
  12. fire (L.)
  13. son (L.)

Derived terms

Pronoun

आत्मन् • (ātman)

  1. (reflexive) a person in the predicate who is also the subject of the sentence

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0135
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