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Mahatma



Mahatma is Sanskrit for "Great Soul" (महात्मा mahātmā: महा mahā (great) + आत्मं or आत्मन ātman (soul)). This epithet is commonly applied to prominent people like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (though sources vary on who first gave him this name.



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