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mahatma

mahatma noun: in India or Tibet, a person thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity.

Noun

mahatma (plural mahatmas)

  1. In India or Tibet, a person thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity.
    • Certain cults and individuals from the West look towards Tibet as the abode of mysterious Mahatmas and "Masters", and the home of the Great White Brotherhood.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 176

mahatma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

mahatma in Hindi

महात्मा

mahatma in Tamil

அருட் பெரியார், அருளாளர், மேன்மையானவர், தூய, மேன்மையான ஆன்மா

mahatma in Marathi

महात्मा

mahatma in Urdu

mahatma, magnanimous
مہاتما mahātmā
mahatma
مہاتما mahātmā
More languagesFewer languages
mahatma in Bengali
মহাত্মা
mahatma in Telugu
మహాత్ముడు, మహాత్మా
mahatma in Kannada
ಮಹಾತ್ಮ
mahatma in Punjabi
ਮਹਾਤਮਾ
mahatma in Gujarati
મહાત્મા, મહાતમા
mahatma in Odia
ମହାତ୍ମା
mahatma in Nepali
महात्मा, महात्माजी

Forms of mahatma

pluralmahatmas

Plural of mahatma: mahatmas

Origin of mahatma

Transliteration of Sanskrit महात्मा (mahātmā, “great spirit”).

Words formed from mahatma

  • Mahatmaism

Questions about mahatma

What does mahatma mean?
Mahatma means in India or Tibet, a person thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity.
What is mahatma in Hindi?
Mahatma in Hindi is महात्मा. See Mahatma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mahatma?
Mahatma is a noun.
What is the plural of mahatma?
The plural of mahatma is mahatmas.

Words near mahatma in the dictionary

  1. mahasattvas
  2. mahaseer
  3. mahaseers
  4. Mahaska
  5. Mahaska County
  6. mahatma
  7. mahatmas
  8. mahaul
  9. mahauls
  10. Mahavamsa
  11. Mahavir

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mahatma (page history and authors); mahatma (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahatma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mahatma (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); مہاتما (Urdu) (page history and authors); mahatma (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahatma (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahatma (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mahatma (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahatma (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahatma (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mahatma (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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