Editing Ātman (Hinduism) (section)

===Etymology===
''Ātman'' (''Atma'', आत्मा, आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word that refers to "essence, breath."<ref group=web name="EB_Atman"/><ref group=web name=dougharper/>{{sfn|Dalal|2011|p=38}} It is derived from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] word ''{{PIE|*h₁eh₁tmṓ}}'' (a root meaning "breath" similar to Ancient Greek ''ἀτμός'' along with Germanic cognates:  Dutch ''adem'', Afrikaans ''asem'', Old High German ''atum'' "breath," Modern German ''atmen'' "to breathe" and ''Atem'' "respiration, breath", Modern English ''ethem'', and Old English ''ǽþm'' and ''eþian'').<ref group=web name=dougharper/>

''Ātman'', sometimes spelled without a diacritic as ''atman'' in scholarly literature,{{sfn|McClelland|2010|p=16, 34}} means "real Self" of the individual,{{refn|group=note|name="Atman_definition"}} "innermost essence."<ref>{{citation|author=Karel Werner|title=Yoga and Indian Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c6b3lH0-OekC|year=1998|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-1609-1|pages=57–58}}</ref> While often translated as "soul", it is better translated as "self."{{sfn|Shepard|1991}}{{R|g=note|Atman_soul}}