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Atma (Divine Self / Soul)

आत्मन्ātman

also: atman, self, soul, divine-self

pra-atma

Definition

The Divine Self or Soul — the spiritual pole around which Frawley orients 'the astrology of the seers' as a discipline of self-knowledge culminating in liberation (Preface, book pp.15–16). Glossed in the Sanskrit glossary as 'Divine Self or Soul' (book p.325); the Sun is its outer symbol and the Atmakaraka ('significator of the self or Atma', book p.325) its chart-significator. Minted as a stub because the Atma is the book's stated telos (cosmic knowledge leading to self-knowledge) and is load-bearing for the Spiritual-astrology theme; its full doctrine (Atma↔Sun, Atmakaraka, moksha) is NOT in the back matter.

Traditional

Prāṇa relevance

The Self is the witness of prana, not prana itself; the prana↔Atma relation is classical Yoga/Vedanta but not drawn in the back matter. Trace deferred.

Sources

txt-frawley-astrology-seersSanskrit Glossary 'Atma'/'Atmakaraka' (book p.325); Preface (book pp.15–16)Modern✓ verifiedAtma = 'Divine Self or Soul'; Atmakaraka = 'significator of the self or Atma'; self-knowledge as astrology's culmination

Other attributes

System Of Origin: vedanta
Location In Body: n/a — the transcendent Self, not a bodily locus (the heart/Sun is its outer seat).
Function: the true subject/Self whose self-knowledge is the goal of Vedic astrology per Frawley; signified outwardly by the Sun and in the chart by the Atmakaraka.

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