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1. (n.) mahatma
a Brahman sage.
2. mahatma
(esp. in India) a person who is held in the highest esteem for wisdom and saintliness.
Etymology: (1850–55; < Skt mahātmā, from mahātman high-souled =mahā- great +ātmanatman)
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1. (noun) mahatma
(Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage
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1. mahatma
one who, according to the Theosophists, has passed through the complete cycle of incarnation, has thereby attained perfection of being, and acquired the rank of high priesthood and miraculous powers in the spirit world, one, it would seem, of "the spirits of just men made perfect."
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