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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 तामस

  1. तामसtāmasaa.(-सी f.) [तमोऽस्त्यस्य अण्]
    1. (-सी Feminine) तमोऽस्त्यस्य अण्
    2. Dark, consisting of darkness; व्यतिकर इव भीमस्तामसो वैद्युतश्च Māl.9.52; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.12.
    3. Affected by or relating to तमस् or the quality of darkness (the third of the three qualities of nature); ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये Bg.7.12;17.2; M.1.1; Ms.12.33-34.
    4. Ignorant.
    5. Vicious.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -सः

      1. A malignant person, an incendiary, a villain.
      2. A snake.
      3. An owl.
      4. Name of a son of Rāhu.
      5. A kind of horse possessing the quality of तमस्; सात्त्विका राजसाश्चेति तामसाश्चेति ते हयाः Yuktikalpataru.
      6. The 4th Manu; चतुर्थ उत्तमभ्राता मनुर्नाम्ना च तामसः Bhāg.8.1.27.
    • -सम् Darkness.

    • -सी

      1. Night, a dark night.
      2. Sleep.
      3. An epithet of Durgā.
    • -लीना (in Sāṅ. Philosophy) One of the forms of dissatisfaction.

    In the Gita7·1214·1817·417·218·3218·3517·1317·1917·2218·22+4

    ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये ।

    ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye, — And as for the secondary subjective becomings of Nature, bhāvaḥ which are Sāttvika, Rājasika and Tāmasika, they are verily from me, but I am not in… 7·12
    • तामसाःtāmasāḥnominative plural of the masculine form of the adjective tāmasa (belonging to the guṇa of ignorance and inertia, tamasic).
    • तामसीtāmasīnominative singular of the feminine form of the adjective tāmasa (belonging to the guṇa of ignorance and inertia, tamasic).
    • तामसम्tāmasamaccusative singular of the masculine or nominative or accusative singular of the neuter form of the adjective tāmasa (belonging to the guKa of ignorance and inertia, tamasic).
    • तामसःtāmasaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the adjective tāmasa (belonging to the guṇa of ignorance and inertia, tamasic).

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Headwords under त

Part 3 of 8 तलिका – तारकिणीAll 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