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Mahavakyas  Term Image (Mahāvākyās) Script Image
(Language:  Sanskrit)
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Short Description: four "great sentences" from the Vedas, proclaiming the truth of ātman/Brahman identity
Long Description: four "great sentences" from the Vedas, proclaiming the truth of ātman/Brahman identity; they are: (1) prajñanam Brahman ("Consciousness is Brahman"); (2) aham Brahmāsmi ("I am Brahman"); (3) tattvam asi ("thou art That"); and (4) ayamātman Brahman ("this ātman is Brahman" ).
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Source(s): Lamp of Non-Dual Knowledge, Cream of Liberation Translated by Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi
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Provided By: Dictionary of Spiritual Terms