महात्मन्
Sanskrit
adjective
Definitions
- (literally) having a great soul
- magnanimous, high-minded, noble
- eminent, distinguished
Etymology
Compound from Sanskrit महत् (great) + Sanskrit आत्मन् (self, soul, spirit, breath, essence, blow, life).
Origin
Sanskrit
आत्मन्
Gloss
self, soul, spirit, breath, essence, blow, life
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atman English
- आत्मन् Sanskrit
- आत्मा Sanskrit
- जीव Sanskrit
- जीवात्मन् Sanskrit
- प्रज्ञात्मन् Sanskrit
- महत् Sanskrit
- महाकवि Sanskrit
- महाकाव्य Sanskrit
- महाभारत Sanskrit
- अपना Hindi
- आत्म- Hindi
- आत्मा Hindi
- आप Hindi
- आपा Hindi
- ఆత్మ Telugu
- আত্মা Assamese
- 聖雄 Chinese
- attan Pali
- લઘુત્તમ Gujarati
- *HáHtmā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *maźʰā́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 Sauraseni Prakrit
- ātmaṃttse Tocharian B
- ꠀꠙꠘꠦ Sylheti
- ಆತ್ಮ Tulu