Muktatman, Mukta-atman, Muktātmā, Muktatma, Muktātman: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Muktātman (मुक्तात्मन्) refers to the “liberated soul”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] The wise man excels in being without the sense of ‘me’. Earth, a stone or gold are the same to him. The knots of his heart have been rent asunder, and he is freed from greed and blindness. Who can compare with that contented, liberated soul (muktātman) [muktātmano vitṛptasya tulanā kena jāyate] who pays no regard to anything and has no desire left in his heart? Who but the upright man without desire knows without knowing, sees without seeing and speaks without speaking? [...]”.
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
Muktātman (मुक्तात्मन्).—a. finally saved or emancipated. (-m.)
1) the soul absolved from sins or from worldly matter.
2) a person whose soul is absolved.
Muktātman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mukta and ātman (आत्मन्).
Muktātman (मुक्तात्मन्).—[adjective] = muktacetas.
1) Muktātman (मुक्तात्मन्):—[from mukta > muc] m. the emancipated soul, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. one whose soul is liberated, emancipated, [Aṣṭāvakra-saṃhitā]
Muktātman (मुक्तात्मन्):—[(mukta + ā)] adj. befreit, erlöst [AṢṬĀV. 18, 39.] [Colebrooke I, 382.]
Muktātman (मुक्तात्मन्):—Adj. befreit , erlöst.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Muktātma (ಮುಕ್ತಾತ್ಮ):—
1) [noun] a man who has detached himself from the worldly attachments, passions.
2) [noun] a man who is not bound to be born again after his death.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Muktātmā (मुक्तात्मा):—adj. finally saved or emancipated;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Mukta, Atman.
Full-text: Vidyesha.
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Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
6.3. Is Āśrayagrahaṇa Important? < [Chapter 4 - Analysis on the Basis of Spiritual Endeavour]
6. Prasthānatrayī-Svāminarāyana-Bhāṣya < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
7.3. The Body of a Mukta in Akṣaradhāma < [Chapter 5 - Analysis on the basis of Soteriology]
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Appendix 3 - Index of verses in the Tilakamanjari
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