So'ham
Sanskrit: सोऽहम्Transliteration: So'ham (IAST)
Translation: “I am He”
Definition: A statement found in the 16th hymn of the Īśa Upaniṣad. “The natural vibration of the Self, which occurs spontaneously with each incoming and outgoing breath. By becoming aware of it, a yogi experiences the identity between his individual self and the supreme Self.”
सः – Sa – he
अहम् – Aham – “I”
References:
- Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
- Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
