आत्मन्

Monier-Williams · ātman
ātmán ā m. (variously derived fr. an, to breathe ‖ at, to move ‖ vā, to blow ‖ cf. tmán) the breath ‖ the soul, principle of life and sensation &c ‖ the individual soul, self, abstract individual [e.g. ātmán] (Ved. loc.) dhatte, or karoti, 'he places in himself', makes his own v ‖ ātmanā akarot, 'he did it himself' ‖ ātmanā vi-√yuj, 'to lose one's life' vii, 46 ‖ ātman in the sg. is used as reflexive pronoun for all three persons and all three genders, e.g. ātmānaṃ sā hanti, 'she strikes herself' ‖ putram ātmanaḥ spṛṣṭvā nipetatuḥ, 'they two having touched their