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mahatma


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mahatma 
  n  :  a  mentor  in  spiritual  and  philosophical  topics  [syn:  {guru}, 
  {sage}] 




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