Noun
atman (plural atmans)
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Vedanta) The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.
Abhinavagupta offers for the first time a technical definition of rasa which is the universal bliss of the Self or Atman colored by the emotional tone of a drama. Source: Internet
Dvaita rejects this concept of identity and instead identifies the self (jiva) as a separate but similar part of Self, that only becomes one with the Absolute Atman upon Self Realisation (Moksha). Source: Internet
The Atman is the knower and also the known. citation Metaphysicians regard the Self either to be distinct from the Absolute or entirely identical with the Absolute. Source: Internet
Atman has received extra attention this week, thanks to his dad's title. Source: Internet
The Atman is unknowable in its essential nature; it is unknowable in its essential nature because it is the eternal subject who knows about everything including itself. Source: Internet
He also admits that his field of psychology is not competent in understanding the eastern insight of the Atman ‘the self’. Source: Internet