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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of तमस् (tamas).
Pronunciation
Adjective
तामस • (tāmasa) stem
- Dark, consisting of darkness
- Affected by or relating to तमस् or the quality of darkness (the third of the three qualities of nature)
- Ignorant
- Vicious
- A malignant person, an incendiary, a villain
- A snake
- An owl
- N. of a son of Rāhu
- A kind of horse possessing the quality of तमस्
- The 4th Manu
- sleep
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