tamas

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[apte] n. [tam-asun] 1 Darkness; kiṃ vā'bhaviṣyadaruṇastamasāṃ vibhettā taṃ cetsa- hasrakiraṇo dhuri nākariṣyat Ś. 7. 4; V. 1. 7; Me. 37. --2 The gloom or darkness of hell; Ms. 4. 242. --3 Mental darkness, illusion, error; munisutā- praṇayasmṛtirodhinā mama ca muktamidaṃ tamasā manaḥ Ś. 6. 7. --4 (In Sān. phil.) Darkness or ignorance, as one of the three qualities or constituents of every thing in nature (the other two...

[mw] s/a, &c, see col. 1. 053814 438,2 83008 &c, see ib. & col. 2. 053815 438,2 83009 &c, see ib. & col. 2. 053816 438,2 83010 &c, see ib. & col. 2. 053817 438,2 83011

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n. [tam-asun] 1 Darkness; kiṃ vā'bhaviṣyadaruṇastamasāṃ vibhettā taṃ cetsa- hasrakiraṇo dhuri nākariṣyat Ś. 7. 4; V. 1. 7; Me. 37. --2 The gloom or darkness of hell; Ms. 4. 242....

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 1,129
Texts Appeared In: 107

DCS: name of a work | Monier-Williams: ta/mas , ˚sa/ , &c. See col. 1.

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Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: tamasā

yadi pramāṇam asatyarūpaṃ paramārthataḥ paramātmana eva satyatvāt tathāvidhena p
Nādabindūpaniṣat surface: tamas

pādau rajas tamas tasya śarīraṃ sattvam ucyate
Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: tamaḥ

pravavur vāyavaś caṇḍās tamaḥ pāṃsavam airayan