"anatta" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: anattas [plural]
Rhymes: -ætə Etymology: From Pali anattan, from Sanskrit अनात्मन् (anātman, “no soul”), from अन्- (an-, “non-, un-, a-”) + आत्मन् (ātman, “soul”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|pi|anattan}} Pali anattan, {{der|en|sa|अनात्मन्||no soul}} Sanskrit अनात्मन् (anātman, “no soul”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} anatta (countable and uncountable, plural anattas)
  1. (Buddhism) The idea that there is no separate self or soul; egolessness. One of the three marks of existence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Buddhism Synonyms: egolessness Translations (idea that there is no separate self or soul): အနတ္တ (a.natta.) (Burmese), 無我 (Chinese Mandarin), 无我 (wúwǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), minuuttomuus (Finnish), anatta (Finnish), anâtman (French), anātman (French), अनत्त (anatt) (Hindi), 無我 (muga) (alt: むが) (Japanese), អនត្តា (ʼaʼnattaa) (Khmer), 무아 (mua) (alt: 無我) (Korean), anattā (Pali), ана́тман (anátman) [masculine] (Russian), ана́тта (anátta) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), अनात्मन् (anātman) (Sanskrit), ဢၼတ်ႉတႃႉ (ʼǎ nâ̰t tâ̰a) (Shan), අනාත්ම (anātma) (Sinhalese), อนัตตา (à-nát-dtaa) (Thai), vô ngã (alt: 無我) (Vietnamese)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: anattas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} anatta (countable and uncountable, plural anattas)
  1. Archaic form of annatto. Tags: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: annatto
    Sense id: en-anatta-en-noun-02QjxOsw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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