Various Creations (sṛṣṭi-vistāra) - Verse 96
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 70.96
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Sanskrit Original
यदाप्नोति यदादत्ते यच्चात्ति विषयानयम। यच्चास्य सततं भावस तस्मादात्मा निरुच्यते।।
yadāpnoti yadādatte yaccātti viṣayānayam| yaccāsya satataṃ bhāvas tasmādātmā nirucyate||
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Sūta said: He is defined as ātman (soul) because he attains the sense objects (√āp to attain), because he takes up (ā + √dā to take up) the sense objects and because he swallows up (√ad to eat) the sense objects. Moreover, he has perpetual existence.