ātman

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Sanskrit Noun

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आत्मन्
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Basic Meaning

Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena.

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Term Variations
Key Term ātman
Topic Variation ātman
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Devanagari Sanskrit आत्मन्
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Korean Transliteration {{#arraymap:a|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
Buddha-nature Site Standard English {{#arraymap:self|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
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Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term {{#arraymap:self|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
Gyurme Dorje's English Term {{#arraymap:"self"|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
Term Information
Source Language Sanskrit
Basic Meaning Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena.
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Term Type Noun
Definitions
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism See page 78: In Sanskrit, “self’ or “I,” with a similar range of meanings as the terms possess in English, but used especially to refer to a perduring substratum of being that is the agent of actions, the possessor of mind and body (nāmarūpa), and that passes from lifetime to lifetime.