atman means the true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 81 out of 100.
atman is pronounced /ˈɑːtman/.
Why “atman” is a great word
ATMAN — [Noun] The innermost, immortal self or essence of an individual, understood in Hindu philosophy as the eternal, irreducible core of consciousness, ultimately identical with the universal absolute, Brahman. From Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, "soul, self, breath, essence"), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "breath," cognate with Old English ǣþm ("breath"). Unlike the "ego," the clamorous, temporary mask fashioned by circumstance, or the Western "soul," a discrete spiritual entity created by and distinct from God, atman is the silent witness behind the mask, the impersonal, transcendent substrate beyond all identification. It is the stillness beneath the storm of thought, the unbroken awareness between two breaths, and the witness behind the eyes that does not age—the profound and quiet truth that what you most essentially are was never born and will never die.
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- The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.“However, we have been led beyond this to a threefold analysis which in its western version is body-soul-spirit and in its eastern version body-mind-atman.”