Bodhatman, Bodhātman, Bodhātmā, Bodhatma, Bodha-atman, Bodha-atma: 4 definitions
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Bodhatman means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Bodhatman (बोधत्मन्) refers to “awareness itself”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] Desire and anger are objects of the mind, but the mind is not yours, nor ever has been. You are choiceless, awareness itself (bodhātmā) and unchanging - so live happily [nirvikalpo'si bodhātmā nirvikāraḥ sukhaṃ cara]. Recognising oneself in all beings, and all beings in oneself, be happy, free from the sense of responsibility and free from preoccupation with ‘me’. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Bodhātman (बोधात्मन्):—[from bodha > budh] m. (with Jainas) the intelligent and sentient soul, [Colebrooke]
Bodhātman (बोधात्मन्):—[(bodha + ā)] m. die erkennende und fühlende Seele bei den Jaina [Colebrooke I, 381.]
Bodhātman (बोधात्मन्):—m. bei den Jaina die erkennende und fühlende Seele.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bodha, Atman.
Full-text: Atmabodha.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 350 < [Volume 11 (1911)]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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