Atman

Reflexive pronoun in Sanskrit grammar, that can be used for all three persons in the singular and that carries
the sense of “self” or “oneself.” From
the time of the mystical texts known as
the Upanishads, the word atman has
also been used to designate each
human being’s inner essence—which
is eternal, unchanging, gives one
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Atman
continuing identity in one’s different
incarnations, and is ultimately identical to Brahman, the single source of
all things in the universe.