Atma Atma — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Atma is from the Sanskrit Ātmā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Atma is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Ātmā Self-Atman-Devi + Sanskrit ā fully + tman self + foundational central Ātman foundational-central-Sanskrit-Self Individual-Self Innermost-Essence foundational-central-Vedanta-central-term + foundational central Ātman foundational-central-identical-with Brahman-Cosmic-Self Advaita-Vedanta-central-doctrine Tat Tvam Asi foundational-central + foundational central 4-Mahā-Vākyas foundational-central-1-per-Veda Prajñānaṃ Brahma Aitareya-Upanishad 3.1.3 + Ahaṃ Brahmāsmi Bṛhad-Āraṇyaka 1.4.10 + Tat Tvam Asi Chāndogya 6.8.7 + Ayam Ātmā Brahma Māṇḍūkya 1.2 foundational-central-4-Mahā-Vākyas + foundational central Ᾱtman-Brahman-identity foundational-central-Vedanta-central-Advaita-Doctrine Ᾱtmā = Brahman + foundational central Sat-Cit-Ānanda foundational-central-Sanskrit-Ᾱtmās-3-fold-nature Existence + Consciousness + Bliss foundational-central-Ᾱtman-definition + foundational central Ᾱtma-Bodha by Adi Shankaracharya 68-verses foundational-central-Sanskrit-Ᾱtman-Vedanta-classic foundational-central-Ᾱtman-primer + Aparokṣānubhūti 144-verses foundational-central-Direct-Ᾱtman-experience + foundational central Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 581-verses foundational-central-Adi-Shankaracharyas-Crest-Jewel-of-Discrimination on-Ᾱtman-Brahman-distinction + foundational central Adi Shankaracharyas Nirvāṇa-Ṣaṭka 6-verses foundational-central-Ᾱtman-hymn cid-ānanda-rūpaḥ śivo ham śivo ham I-am-not-body-mind-intellect-I-am-Śiva foundational-central-Sivo-Ham + foundational central Bṛhad-Āraṇyaka Upanishad 3.9.28 vijñānam ānandaṃ brahma + 4.4.22 sarvam ātmānaṃ paśyati foundational-central + foundational central Chāndogya 6.14.3 tat tvam asi foundational-central-Vedanta-Mahā-Vākya + foundational central Māṇḍūkya-Upanishad 12-mantras foundational-central-shortest-Upanishad on Turīya-4th-state Vaiśvānara + Taijasa + Prājña + Turīya foundational-central-4-states of Ᾱtman + foundational central Māṇḍūkya-Kārikā by Gauḍapāda 6-7 c. CE 4-Prakaraṇas 215-verses foundational-central-Advaita-Vedanta-classic + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 2:20 na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śāśvato yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre foundational-central-Ᾱtman-eternal + 2:12 na tv evāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme jana-adhipāḥ + 6:29 sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṃ sarva-bhūtāni cātmani + foundational pan-Advaita heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.