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From Sanskrit जीव (jīva) + आत्मन् (ātman).
జీవాత్మ • (jīvātma) ? (plural జీవాత్మలు)
- (Hinduism) an embodied spirit, the individual soul enshrined in the human body; as distinguished from the Supreme Soul (పరమాత్మ (paramātma))
