mahatma
Venerated spiritual teacher
Mahatma is a Sanskrit title of respect meaning "great soul," applied to revered spiritual leaders in India.
Though it can describe any venerated figure, in English it's almost always attached to Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of India's independence movement: Mahatma Gandhi advocated nonviolent resistance.
The word combines "maha" (great) with "atman" (soul or self).
South Asian republic
- independenceFreedom from external control
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
- ahimsaHindu principle of harmlessness
Salt March · nonviolence · British Raj · khadi · fasting · civil disobedience · partition · spinning wheel
Morally pure, devout
- reveredDeeply respected, admired
- venerableDeserving honor for dignity
- holyDedicated to the divine
- enlightenedPossessing profound insight
spiritual · divine · sage · blessed · exalted · ascetic · pious · devout
Release from rebirth cycle
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- ahimsaHindu principle of harmlessness
- BrahmanSupreme cosmic reality
yoga · ashram · guru · mantra · om · Vedanta · Upanishads · renunciation
Imaginative planner of futures
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- championTop competitor, or advocate
activist · reformer · liberator · statesman · role model · influence · guiding light · beacon
India
South Asian republic
- independenceFreedom from external control
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
ahimsa · Salt March · nonviolence · British Raj · khadi · fasting · civil disobedience · partition · spinning wheel · Nehru
saintly
Morally pure, devout
enlightened · spiritual · divine · sage · blessed · exalted · ascetic · pious · devout · righteous
moksha
Release from rebirth cycle
Brahman · yoga · ashram · guru · mantra · om · Vedanta · Upanishads · renunciation · self-realization
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
champion · activist · reformer · liberator · statesman · role model · influence · guiding light · beacon · idealist
- Sanskrit WordsSanskrit, Veda, asana, Vedas, Vedic
- sagessage, wise man, wise woman, wise elder, seer
- Indian SagesChaitanya Mahaprabhu, sadhu, muni, seer, guru
- theosophydivine wisdom, mahatmas, root races, ancient wisdom, adept