English
anatman
From an- + atman.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’
Proto-Germanic *ana- ‘on’
Proto-West Germanic *ana- ‘Forming verbs and adjectives from participles…’
English an-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁t- ‘to breathe’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés ‘breath, spirit’
Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā ‘breath’
Proto-Indo-Aryan *HáHtmā
Sanskrit आत्मन् ‘soul’
English atman
Today it means
noun The doctrine that there is no transcendental ego or soul and the perceived true self is an illusion. It corresponds to the Hinayana or Theravada Buddhist doctrine of anatta.
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Etymograph / anatman