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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry तमस्

  1. तमस्tamas(हः) the sun.
    1. (हः) the sun.
    2. the moon.
    3. fire.
    4. a Buddha.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -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).

    • तमस् tamas, Neuter

      1. तम्-असुन्
      2. Darkness; किं वाऽभविष्यदरुण- स्तमसां विभेत्ता तं चेत्सहस्रकिरणो धुरि नाकरिष्यत् Ś.7.4.; V.1.7; Me.39.
      3. The gloom or darkness of hell; धर्मेण हि सहायेन तमस्तरति दुस्तरम् Ms.4.242.
      4. Mental darkness, ignorance, illusion, error, मुनिसुताप्रणयस्मृतिरोधिना मम च मुक्त- मिदं तमसा मनः Ś.6.8.
      5. (In Sāṅ. Philosophy) 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 रजसोऽपि परं तमः Ku.6.6; Ms. 12.24.
      6. Grief, sorrow; Bhāg.5.14.33.
      7. Sin; Bhāg.1.15.5.
      8. Stupefaction, swoon; तथा भिन्नतनु- त्राणः प्राविशद्विपुलं तमः Rām.7.8.14.
      9. Anger; Bhāg. 1.59.42. -Masculine, -Neuter An epithet of Rāhu; तमश्चन्द्रमसीवेद- मुपरज्यावभासते Bhāg.4.29.7.

    • -अपह Adjective removing darkness or ignorance, illumining, enlightening; आगमादिव तमोपहादितः संभवन्ति मतयो भवच्छिदः Ki.5.22.

    • -नुदः

      1. the sun.
      2. the moon.
      3. the Supreme Being.

    • -प्रभा

      1. a sort of hell.
      2. a shining body.
      3. the sun.
      4. the moon; नरेन्द्रकन्यास्तमवाप्य सत्पतिं तमोनुदं दक्षसुता इवाबभुः R.3.33.
      5. fire.
      6. a lamp, light.

    • -घ्नः

      1. the sun.
      2. the moon
      3. fire.
      4. Viṣṇu.
      5. Śiva.
      6. Knowledge.
      7. a Buddha.

    • -ज्योतिस् Masculine a fire-fly.

    • -ततिः spreading darkness.

    • -निष्ठ Adjective taking to hell (नरकप्रद); Ms.12. 95.

    • -नुद्

      1. Masculine 'तमोनुदोऽग्निचन्द्रार्का' इति विश्वः;
      2. obscured, clouded.
      3. affected with anger, fear etc.

    • -हन्, -हर

      1. Adjective dispersing darkness. (-Masculine)
      2. the sun.
      3. the moon. भिद्, मणिः a fire-fly.
      4. a sapphire.
      5. a star.
      6. the moon; तमोमणिस्तु खद्योते नीलमण्यामुडौ शशौ Nm.

    • -राजः a kind of sugar; Latin D. B.

    • -विकारः sickness, disease.

    • -विशाल Adjective abounding in gloom; तमोविशालश्च मूलतः सर्गः Sāṅ. K.54.

    • -वृत Adjective

    • -प्रवेशः

      1. groping in the dark.
      2. mental gloom.

    In the Gita8·913·1814·1614·1710·1114·514·814·914·1017·1+3

    आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् ॥

    ādityavarṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt. — This supreme Self is the Seer, the Ancient of Days, subtler than the subtle and (in his eternal self-vision and wisdom) the Master and Ruler of all… 8·9
    • तमसःtamasaḥgenitive singular of the neuter noun tamas (darkness or ignorance or inertia).
    • तमःtamaḥnominative singular of the neuter noun tamas (darkness or ignorance or inertia).
    • तमसिtamasilocative singular of the neuter noun tamas (darkness or ignorance or inertia).
    • तमसाtamasāinstrumental singular of the neuter noun tamas (darkness or ignorance or inertia).
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Headwords under त

Part 2 of 8 तपस् – तलाचीAll parts
  1. त – तपनीय
  2. तपस् – तलाची
  3. तलिका – तारकिणी
  4. तारकित – तिष्ठद्धोम
  5. तिष्य – तुष्य
  6. तुस् – तैलिनम्
  7. तैलिनी – त्रैशङ्कव
  8. त्रोटकम् – त्सारुक