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brahman
a member of the highest or priestly caste in the Hindu caste system -
ishvara
a personal and supreme god, supposed in dvaita Vedantism to be included with the world and Atman within Brahman. -
jiva
Hinduism. the individual soul, regarded as a particular manifestation of Atman. -
kosha
any of the five layers of physical and mental being composing the personal self, Atman being within the innermost layer. -
mahatma
Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru). -
nirvana
(often initial capital letter). Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.