As a deity name
Name 559 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 362 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 25 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 201 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘soul of all beings’, N. of Brahmā
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Dictionary citations
bhūtātman m. ‘soul of all beings’, N. of Brahmā, R.
of Mahāpuruṣa i.e. Viṣṇu, Hariv.
of Śiva, L.
the individual soul, Mn. v, 109; Yājñ. iii, 34 &c.
‘nature of all beings’, war, conflict, L.
Alternative readings
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