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Definition of Mahatmas

Mahatma
Mahatma Ma*hat"ma, n. [Skr. mah[=a]tman, lit., great-souled, wise.] (Theosophy) One of a class of sages, or ``adepts,' reputed to have knowledge and powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men. -- Ma*hat"ma*ism, n.

Meaning of Mahatmas from wikipedia

- that her teachers were adepts (or Mahatmas) who reside in Asia. According to the Theosophical teachings, the Mahatmas are not disembodied beings, but highly...
- movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), first applied to him...
- important figure in the social reform movement in Maharashtra. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), was first applied to him in 1888...
- was published in the book The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett. Skeptics have described Koot Hoomi and the other Mahatmas as a hoax. Little descriptive...
- 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi; Mahatma meaning "high souled" or "venerable" in Sanskrit; the particular term 'Mahatma' was accorded Mohandas Gandhi...
- Theosophical beliefs. He is believed by followers of Theosophism to be one of the Mahatmas who inspired the founding of the Theosophical Society and was engaged in...
- determined to exclude all control save that of two Tibetan adepts or 'mahatmas'. The mahatmas exhibited their 'astral bodies' to her, 'precipitated' messages...
- claimed he became a "chela" in probation of the Mahātmā Koot Hoomi, and saw apparitions of Mahatmas on five or six occasions. According to Theosophists...
- Mahatma Gandhi University may refer to these universities in India named after Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi: Mahatma Gandhi Central University...
- Mahatma Gandhi was ********inated on 30 January 1948 at age 78 in the compound of The Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi...