I happen to read about the meaning of Athma. It was explained like this.
Let us break down the words to
A+ THMA
Take the first letter "A" and in Sanskrit usually "A" or അ or अ denotes a negative meaning.(gacchathi for going A-gacchathi for coming etc) Take the remaining letters of Athma except "A"and we are left with "thma" (thama). The meaning of thma is darkness. so Athma is opposite of darkness, that is, bright or illuminating or shining.
So Athma is that which knows no darkness and always shining with in all of us. Unfortunately soul does not convey this meaning at all.!!
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