tamas 1 · tamas 2 · tamas 3
tamas n. [ tam-asun ] 1 Darkness; kiM vA'BavizyadaruRastamasAM viBettA taM cetsahasrakiraRo Duri nAkarizyat Ś. 7. 4 ; V. 1. 7 ; Me. 37. 2 The gloom or darkness of hell; Ms. 4. 242. 3 Mental darkness, illusion, error; munisutApraRayasmftiroDinA mama ca muktamidaM tamasA manaH 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 being sattva and rajas ); Ku. 6. 60 ; Ms. 12. 24. 5 Grief, sorrow. 6 Sin. — m. , — n. An epithet of Rāhu. Comp. — apaha a. removing darkness or ignorance, illumining, enlightening; Ki. 5. 22. — (haH) 1 the sun. 2 the moon. 3 fire. 4 a Buddha. — ariH 1 the sun. 2 the moon. 3 fire. — kAMqaH -qaM great or spreading darkness. — guH an epithet of Rāhu. — guRaH see tamas above (4). — GnaH 1 the sun. 2 the moon. 3 fire. 4 Viṣṇu. 5 Śiva. 6 knowledge. 7 a Buddha. — jyotis m. a fire-fly. — tatiH spreading darkness. — nud m. 1 a shining body. 2 the sun. 3 the moon; R. 3. 33. 4 fire. 5 a lamp, light. — nudaH 1 the sun. 2 the moon. 3 the Supreme Being. — praBA a sort of hell. — praveSaH 1 groping in the dark. 2 mental gloom. — Bid, -maRiH a fire-fly. — vikAraH sickness, disease. — vfta a. 1 obscured, ( pb ) clouded. 2 affected with anger, fear &c. — han, -hara a. dispersing darkness. ( — m. ) 1 the sun. 2 the moon.
(masc, masc, mano group) darkness; gloom darkness
(masc, masc, abstr, mano group) ignorance ignorance [lit.] darkness
(masc, masc, mano group) turbidity; murkiness