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soul
Soul, life, throat, appetite; the living being
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Ancient Hebrewnefesh(Hebrew)
Soul, life, throat, appetite; the living being
Not immaterial spirit but the living self, life force
Biblical Greekpsyche(Greek)
Soul, life, spirit, inner self
Source of psychology; inner mental and emotional life
Classical Arabicruh(Arabic)
Soul, self, inner being, breath
The spiritual essence of being; one of seven heavens in Islamic cosmology
Sanskritatman(Sanskrit)
Self, individual soul, eternal essence
In Vedanta, Atman is identical with Brahman (ultimate reality)
Paliatta(Pali)
Self, being, individual existence
Buddhist doctrine of anatta (no permanent self) contrasts with other traditions