ātman

[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...