Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

mahātman महात्मन् – great spirit; exalted self

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

great spirit; exalted self

Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

mahātman1 ·m. the supreme spirit, the intellect (ph.).

Original text · English · adjective

mahātman2 ·a. large-minded, magnanimous, generous, noble, eminent.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

—Mahātman (˚hā-āt˚), ā, ā, a, ‘high-souled,’ magnanimous, having a great or noble nature, noble-minded, high-minded, lofty- minded, generous, noble, highly gifted; eminent, distinguished, mighty, powerful; (ā), m. the Su- preme Spirit, great soul of the universe (= para- mātman); the great principle, i. e. Intellect (= mahā- tattva, q. v.); scil. gaṇa, N. of a class of Manes.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

2. mahātman (wie eben) 1〉 adj. a〉 eine grosse d. i. edle Natur habend, edel, hochherzig H. 367. HALĀY. 2,201. Bein. von Göttern und Menschen M. 1,4. M. 1,41. M. 1,61. M. 5,1. SUND. 3,30. BRĀHMAṆ. 1,29. N. 2,11. N. 2,12. N. 3,17. N. 4,6. N. 8,17. N. 11,18. MBH. 1,6017. MBH. 5,6011. R. 1,1,76. R. 1,3,8. R. 1,8,1. R. 1,51,25. R. 1,60,33. R. 2,45,1. Spr. 305. Spr. 364. Spr. 1336. Spr. 1735. Spr. 2107 (Gegens. durātman). Spr. 2146. Spr. 2825. Spr. 5010. KĀM. NĪTIS. 3,11. KĀM. NĪTIS. 3,36. KATHĀS. 28,34 (voc.). KATHĀS. 65,84. KATHĀS. 66,168 (voc.). BRAHMA-P. in LA. 53,5. BRAHMA-P. in LA. 56,4. SĀH. D. 2,15. HIT. I, 8. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 354. Śiva MBH. 13,1149. sūrya R. 4,40,62. — b〉 einen grossen Geist habend so v. a. hochbegabt, überaus klug: buddhirmahātmanām Spr. 584. — c〉 hochstehend, mächtig, gewaltig: kāla Spr. 2186. sa bhūmipālāya vidhātumauṣadhaṃ mahātmanāṃ cārhati sūrisattamaḥ SUŚR. 1,248,9. mahāpadma (ein Weltelephant) R. GORR. 1,42,16. pṛthivī sarvā khanyate sagarātmajaiḥ . bahavaśca mahātmāno (= siddhagandharvādayaḥ Schol.) vadhyante jalacāriṇaḥ .. R. ed. Bomb. 1,39,25. kula hochstehend, vornehm Spr. 3817. Gegens. kṛpaṇa PAÑCAT. 24,4. — 2〉 m. (sc. gaṇa) Bez. einer Klasse von Manen MĀRK. P. 96,46. — Vgl. māhātmya.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. mahātman (mahā + ā˚) m. der grosse Geist, die Weltseele: kālaḥ pacati bhūtāni sarvāṇyeva mahātmani (= īśvare Schol.) MAITRYUP. 6,15. M. 1,54 (= paramātman KULL.). der Intellect (= mahattattva Schol.) BHĀG. P. 9,7,24.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

2. mahātman — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 eine edle Natur habend, edel, hochherzig. — b〉 hochbegabt, überaus klug. — c〉 hochstehend, mächtig, gewaltig, vornehm [Page5-044-b] (Geschlecht). — 2〉 m. — a〉 (sc. gaṇa) eine best. Klasse von Manen. — b〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Dhīmant VP. 22,107.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. mahātman m. — 1〉 die Weltseele. — 2〉 der Intellect.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

1. mahātman m. die Weltseele, der Intellekt (ph.).

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. mahātman hochherzig, edel, vornehm, mächtig, weise.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

mahātman a. (ātman) magnanime.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 1.17-1.19: Geheime Yoga-Lehre 1 occurrence

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SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 6.18–6.23: Refuge and Transmission 2 occurrences

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