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Paramatman

परमात्मा

A designation of the one nondual Reality

'Brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate' (SB 1.2.11).

The ashraya: that from which both manifestation and dissolution are determined

'abhasash ca nirodhash ca yatash cadhyavasiyate, sa ashrayah param brahma paramatmeti shabdyate' (SB 2.10.7); the Self who knows the threefold person is 'svashrayashrayah', whose support is His own self (SB 2.10.9).