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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अनात्मन्anātmana.Destitute of spirit or mind.
[न. ब.]
1. Destitute of spirit or mind.
2. Not spiritual, corporeal.
3. One who has not restrained his self; अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैवशत्रुवत् Bg.6.6.-Masculine अप्रशस्तो भिन्नो वा आत्मा न. त. Not self, another, something different from आत्मन् (spirit or soul) id est, that is the perishable body; अप्राप्तः प्राप्यते योऽयमत्यन्तं त्यज्यतेऽथवा । जानीयात्तमनात्मानं बुद्धयन्तं वपुरादिकम् ॥ अनात्मन्यात्मबुद्धिर्या साऽ- विद्या परिकीर्तिता ॥ -Compound
Derived forms and compounds
- -ज्ञ
  
  वेदिन् Adjective
  
  devoid of spiritual knowledge or true wisdom.
  
  not knowing oneself, foolish, silly; मा तावदनात्मज्ञे Ś.6; कथं कार्यविनिमयेन व्यवहरति मयि denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedज्ञः M.1; स्फुटमापदां पदमनात्मवेदिता Śi.15. 22.
- -प्रत्यवेक्षा reflection that there is no spirit or soul (with Buddhists).
- -संपन्न Adjective foolish, destitute of qualities (of the soul) not self-possessed; न त्वेवानात्मसंपन्नाद् वृत्तिमीहेत पण्डितः Pt.1.49.
In the Gita6·6

अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥

anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat. — To the man is his self a friend in whom the (lower) self has been conquered by the (higher) self, but to him who is not in possession of his (higher)… 6·6
- अनात्मनःanātmanaḥgenitive singular of the masculine compound noun anātman (one who is not in possession of his higher self)
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अनात्मन्anātman[an-âtman] m. not soul; a. lacking soul or sense; -îna, a. of no use to oneself.

[an-âtman] masculine not soul; adjective lacking soul or sense; -îna, adjective of no use to oneself.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अनात्मन्anātmanm. not self, another
1. masculine gender not self, another
2. masculine gender something different from spirit or soul
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not spiritual, corporeal, destitute of spirit or mind S3Br.
4. (also) unreal, Divya7v.
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