तामस

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See also: तमस्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of तमस् (tamas).

Pronunciation

Adjective

तामस • (tāmasa) stem

  1. Dark, consisting of darkness
  2. Affected by or relating to तमस् or the quality of darkness (the third of the three qualities of nature)
  3. Ignorant
  4. Vicious
  5. A malignant person, an incendiary, a villain
  6. A snake
  7. An owl
  8. N. of a son of Rāhu
  9. A kind of horse possessing the quality of तमस्
  10. The 4th Manu
  11. sleep

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “तामस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443.
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तामस”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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