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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for तामस

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तामसtāmasamf(ई)n. (fr. त्/अमस्) dark L.
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender (from त्/अमस्) dark Lexicographers
    2. mf(ई)neuter gender appertaining to or affected by the quality तमस् (quod vide), ignorant, various Mn. xii Bhag. etc. (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसी तनू, "the form assumed by the deity for the destruction of the world" Page443,1; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसी शक्ति, "the faculty of तमस्")
    3. mf(ई)neuter gender relating to Manu मनु Ta1masa तामस BhP. viii, 1, 28
    4. masculine gender a malignant person Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender a snake Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender an owl Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Name of a demon causing diseases Hariv. 9562
    8. masculine gender of the 4th Manu मनु Mn. i, 62 Hariv. BhP. v, viii
    9. masculine gender of an attendant of S3iva शिव Lexicographers Scholiast or Commentator
    10. masculine gender of a man Pravar. i, 1 (J)
    11. neuter gender "darkness" see अन्ध-
    12. neuter gender sleep Lexicographers
    13. neuter gender Durga1 दुर्गा Lexicographers
    14. neuter gender Name of a river MBh. vi, 339.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. तामसtāmasa[tâmas-a] a. (î) dark; relating to the quality tamas, connected with error or ignor ance; m. N. of a Manu.

    [tâmas-a] adjective (î) dark; relating to the quality tamas, connected with error or ignor ance; masculine noun of a Manu.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · तामस

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