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Paramatman

परमात्मन् paramātman

The 'supreme Self': God as the indweller in every heart, the inner witness and controller (antaryamin). The same one reality met inwardly rather than as the distant creator or the beloved Lord; the Bhagavad Gita 18.61 places the Lord in the heart of all beings.

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