स्वचिन्तन svachintan

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Self-reflecting, self-reflection, thinking about oneself, self-contemplation, self analysis.

Usual translation

thinking of the self

Origin of the definition

आत्म ātma a:tm (nm) self; (a) pertaining to self, one's own, personal. ~घात suicide ~घातक/घाती suicidal, self-defeating; a self-murderer. ~चिंतन self-contemplation.

आत्मा ātmā [S.], f. (in cpds., आत्म-) 1. soul, spirit; the self, the individual; the mind, the heart. 2. the ultimate being. 3. the body. आत्मचिंतन m self analysis deep thought

चिन्तन chintan (sanskrit)

Thinking, reflection, contemplation, musing, consideration.

स्व sva (sanskrit)

Self.
One's own, proper (to one), personal.
Innate, natural.
Self-, auto-

Swachintan. Contemplation about the self, soul.