aMDa a. 1 Blind ( lit. and fig. ); devoid of sight, unable to see (at particular times); divAMDAH prARinaH kecidrAtrAvaMDAstaTApare ; made blind, blinded; srajamapi SirasyaMDaH kziptAM DunotyahiSaMkayA Ś. 7. 24 ; madAMDaH blinded by intoxication; so darpAMDaH, kroDAMDaH ; kAma°, loBa°, ajYAna° ; sahajAMDadfSaH svadurnaye Śi. 16. 29 blind to his own wicked acts. 2 Making blind, preventing the sight; utter, pitchy, complete, thick (darkness) Ms. 8. 94 ; sIdannaMDe tamasi U. 3. 38 ; Māl. 9. 8 , 20 ; See °kUpa, °tAmasaM infra . — DaM 1 Darkness. 2 Spiritual ignorance; ajYAna or avidyA q. v. 3 Water; also, turbid water. — DaH 1 A kind of mendicant ( parivrAjaka ) who has completely controlled his organs; tizWato vrajato vApi yasya cakzurna dUragam . catuzpadAM BuvaM muktvA parivrAqaMDa ucyate .. 2 An epithet of the zodiacal signs at particular periods; ( nazwadravyalABAlABopayogayukto rASiBedaH ); mezo vfzo mfgeMdraSca rAtrAvaMDAH prakIrtitAH . nfyukkarkawakanyASca divAMDAH ( pb ) parikIrtitAH .. — DAH? ( pl. ) N. of a people see aMDra . Comp. — alajI a blind boil or abscess in the eyes (one that does not open or suppurate). — ahiH, -ahikaH a blind serpent, i. e. one that is not poisonous. ( — hiH , — hikaH ) N. of a fish ( kucikA ). — kAraH [ aMDaM karoti ] darkness ( lit. and fig. ); lInaM divABItamivAMDakAraM Ku. 1. 12 ; kAma°, madana° ; aMDakAratAmupayAti cakzuH K. 36 grows dim; bAzpajalaDArAMDakAritamuKI K. 161 , 286. — kUpaH [ aMDayatItyaMDaH, aMDaH kUpaH ] 1 a well the mouth of which is hidden; a well overgrown with plants &c. 2 [ aMDasya dfzwyaBAvasya kUpa iva ] mental darkness, infatuation. 3 N. of a hell, to which those who tease and kill harmless creatures are condemned. — tamasaM ( P. V. 4. 79 ), — tAmasaM , — DAtamasaM deep or complete darkness; lokamaMDatamasAtkramoditO R. 11. 24 ; aMDatamasamiva praviSAmi U. 7 the gloom of hell; praDvaMsitAMDatamasastatrodAharaRaM raviH Śi. 2. 33. — (sA) night. — tAmisraH -SraH ( sraM also). 1 complete or deep darkness (especially of the soul); tamisrozwadaSaDA taTA BavatyaMDatAmisraH Sāṅ. K. 48 ( BayaviSezavizayako'BiniveSaH ); tasyAmaMDatAmisramaByaDyAyat Mv. 1. 2 spiritual ignorance ( dehe nazwe ahameva nazwaHitirUpamajYAnaM ); enveloped in utter darkness. — (sraH, sraM) N. of a division of Tartarus or infernal regions, the second of the 21 hells to which those who seduce the wives of others and enjoy them are condemned. According to Bhavabhūti persons committing suicide were condemned to this hell; cf. aMDatAmisrA hyasUryA nAma te lokAsteByaH prativiDIyaMte ya AtmaGAtina ityevamfzayo manyaMte U. 4 ; Ms. 4. 88 , 197 ; Y. 3. 224 ; doctrine of annihilation after death. — DI a. mentally blind. — pUtanA a demoness supposed to cause diseases in children; yo dvezwi stanamatisArakAsahikkACardIBirjvarasahitABirardyamAnaH . durvarRaH satatamaDaHSayo'mlagaMDistaM brUyurvaraBizajoMDapUtanArtam Suśr. — mUzA a small covered crucible with a hole in the side. — mUzikA [ aMDaM dfzwyaBAvaM muzRAti, muz-Rvul ] N. of a plant or grass devatAqa ( tatsevanena cakzuzmattA BavatIti vEdyakaprasidDiH ). — rAtrI dark night ( Ved. ). — vartman m. [ aMDaM sUryaprakASarAhityAdvartma yatra ] the seventh skandha or region of wind.