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'''Sūtrātman''' (devanāgarī: सूत्रात्मन्) is a [[Sanskrit]] word usually translated as "thread-soul".
'''Sūtrātman''' (devanāgarī: सूत्रात्मन्) is a [[Sanskrit]] word usually translated as "thread-soul".
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] defined it as follows:
<blockquote>'''Sûtrâtman''' (Sk.). Lit., “the thread of spirit”; the immortal Ego, the Individuality which incarnates in men one life after the other, and upon which are strung, like beads on a string, his countless Personalities. The universal life-supporting air, Samashti prau; universal energy.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.</ref></blockquote>

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Sūtrātman (devanāgarī: सूत्रात्मन्) is a Sanskrit word usually translated as "thread-soul".

H. P. Blavatsky defined it as follows:

Sûtrâtman (Sk.). Lit., “the thread of spirit”; the immortal Ego, the Individuality which incarnates in men one life after the other, and upon which are strung, like beads on a string, his countless Personalities. The universal life-supporting air, Samashti prau; universal energy.[1]

  1. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 314.