(in the Indian subcontinent) a person regarded with reverence or loving respect; a holy person or sage (印度次大陆)伟人;圣人 ■(the Mahatma)Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地 ■(in some forms of theosophy) a person in India or the Chinese auto- nomous region of Tibet said to have preternatural powers (某些形式的神智学用语)(印度或中国西藏自治区的)圣贤;圣人;超凡的人
语源
from Sanskrit mahātman, from mahā 'great' + ātman 'soul'