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atmans

atmans is the plural of atman.

Meaning of atman

Noun

atman (plural atmans)

  1. (Hinduism, Jainism) 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.1994, John Hick, Death and Eternal Life, page 450

Noun capitalized: Atmans

Atmans

  1. (plural) plural of Atman

Questions about atmans

What is atmans the plural of?
Atmans is the plural of atman.
What part of speech is atmans?
Atmans is a noun.

Words near atmans in the dictionary

  1. atm
  2. ATM machine
  3. ATM machines
  4. atma
  5. atman
  6. atmans
  7. Atmar
  8. atmark
  9. atmarks
  10. atmas
  11. atmiatry

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