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tamas: neuter nominative singular stem: tamas
tamas: neuter accusative singular stem: tamas
tamas: neuter vocative singular stem: tamas
Amarakosha Search
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śarvarīFeminineSingularrajanī, kṣapā, rātriḥ, tamī, tamasvinī, kṣaṇadā, niśīthinī, yāminī, vibhāvarī, triyāmā, niśāthe star spangled night
tamas1.3.26NeuterSingularsaiṃhikeyaḥ, vidhuntudaḥ, rāhuḥ, svarbhānuḥthe acending node
Monier-Williams Search
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Devanagari
BrahmiEXPERIMENTAL
tamasn. darkness, gloom (also plural) (maḥ-, pr/aṇīta-,"led into darkness", deprived of the eye's light or sight, ) etc. View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
tamasn. the darkness of hell, hell or a particular division of hell View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
tamasn. the obscuration of the sun or moon in eclipses, attributed to rāhu- (also m. ) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
tamasn. mental darkness, ignorance, illusion, error (in sāṃkhya- philosophy one of the 5 forms of a-vidyā- etc.;one of the 3 qualities or constituents of everything in creation [the cause of heaviness, ignorance, illusion, lust, anger, pride, sorrow, dulness, and stolidity;sin ;sorrow ;See guṇa-and see ] etc.) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
tamasn. Name of a son (of śravas- ;of dakṣa- ;of pṛthu-śravas- ) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
tamasn. ([ confer, compare timira-; Latin temereetc.]) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
tamas s/a-, etc. See column 1. View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
Apte Search
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tamas तमस् n. [तम्-असुन्] 1 Darkness; किं वा$भविष्यदरुण- स्तमसां विभेत्ता तं चेत्सहस्रकिरणो धुरि नाकरिष्यत् Ś.7.4.; V.1.7; Me.39. -2 The gloom or darkness of hell; धर्मेण हि सहायेन तमस्तरति दुस्तरम् Ms.4.242. -3 Mental darkness, ignorance, illusion, error, मुनिसुताप्रणयस्मृतिरोधिना मम च मुक्त- मिदं तमसा मनः Ś.6.8. -4 (In Sāṅ. phil.) Darkness or ignorance, as one of the three qualities or constitutents of every thing in nature (the other two being सत्त्व and रजस्); अन्तर्गतमपास्तं मे रजसो$पि परं तमः Ku.6.6; Ms. 12.24. -5 Grief, sorrow; Bhāg.5.14.33. -6 Sin; Bhāg.1.15.5. -7 Stupefaction, swoon; तथा भिन्नतनु- त्राणः प्राविशद्विपुलं तमः Rām.7.8.14. -8 Anger; Bhāg. 1.59.42. -m., -n. An epithet of Rāhu; तमश्चन्द्रमसीवेद- मुपरज्यावभासते Bhāg.4.29.7. -Comp. -अपह a. removing darkness or ignorance, illumining, enlightening; आगमादिव तमोपहादितः संभवन्ति मतयो भवच्छिदः Ki.5.22. (-हः) 1 the sun. -2 the moon. -3 fire. -4 a Buddha. -अरिः 1 the sun. -2 the moon. -3 fire. -काण्डः, -ण्डम् great or spreading darkness. -गुः an epithet of Rāhu. -गुणः see तमस् above (4). -घ्नः 1 the sun. -2 the moon -3 fire. -4 Viṣṇu. -5 Śiva. -6 Knowledge. -7 a Buddha. -ज्योतिस् m. a fire-fly. -ततिः spreading darkness. -निष्ठ a. taking to hell (नरकप्रद); Ms.12. 95. -नुद् m. 'तमोनुदो$ग्निचन्द्रार्का' इति विश्वः; 1 a shining body. -2 the sun. -3 the moon; नरेन्द्रकन्यास्तमवाप्य सत्पतिं तमोनुदं दक्षसुता इवाबभुः R.3.33. -4 fire. -5 a lamp, light. -नुदः 1 the sun. -2 the moon. -3 the Supreme Being. -प्रभा a sort of hell. -प्रवेशः 1 groping in the dark. -2 mental gloom. -भिद्, -मणिः 1 a fire-fly. -2 a sapphire. -3 a star. -4 the moon; तमोमणिस्तु खद्योते नीलमण्यामुडौ शशौ Nm. -राजः a kind of sugar; L. D. B. -विकारः sickness, disease. -विशाल a. abounding in gloom; तमोविशालश्च मूलतः सर्गः Sāṅ. K.54. -वृत a. 1 obscured, clouded. -2 affected with anger, fear &c. -हन्, -हर a. dispersing darkness. (-m.) 1 the sun. -2 the moon.
Macdonell Vedic Search
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tamas tám-as, n. darkness, iv. 50, 4; 51, 1. 2. 3; vii. 63, 1; 71, 5; 127, 2. 3. 7; 129, 32 [tam faint].
Macdonell Search
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tamas n. (sg. & pl.) darkness; gloom of hell; N. of a hell; eclipse=Râhu; error, ignorance; delusion; Darkness (one of the three fundamental qualities (gunas) incident to creation; in the Sâ&ndot;khya philosophy one of the five forms of Avidyâ).
Bloomfield Vedic
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tamas te yantu yatame dviṣanti AVś.12.3.49b.
Vedabase Search
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tamaḥ tamasSB 3.20.18
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tamas noun (masculine) name of a son of Pṛthuśravas
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tamas noun (neuter) darkness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
error (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gloom (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hell or a particular division of hell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ignorance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
illusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mental darkness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son (of Śravas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the 3 qualities or constituents of everything in creation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the darkness of hell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the obscuration of the sun or moon in eclipses (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))

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Ayurvedic Medical
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tamas

1. gloom, darkness; 2. fainting; 3. ignorance.

tamas

darkness, one of the psychic humors.

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