तमस्

See also: तामस

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *támas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *támas, from Proto-Indo-European *témH-os, from *temH- (“dark”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬵‎ (təmah), Persian تم‎ (tam, “cataract”), Latin temere (“blindly”).

Pronunciation

Noun

तमस् • (támas) n

  1. darkness, gloom (also in plural)
    तमः प्रणीत (támaḥ práṇīta) — "led into darkness", deprived of the eye's light or sight
  2. the darkness of hell, hell or a particular division of hell
  3. the obscuration of the sun or moon in eclipses, attributed to Rahu
  4. mental darkness, ignorance, illusion, error
  5. tamas, one of the three qualities or constituents of everything in creation (the cause of heaviness, ignorance, illusion, lust, anger, pride, sorrow, dullness, and stolidity)
  6. sin
  7. sorrow

Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of तमस् (támas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative तमः
támaḥ		 तमसी
támasī		 तमांसि
támāṃsi
Vocative तमः
támaḥ		 तमसी
támasī		 तमांसि
támāṃsi
Accusative तमः
támaḥ		 तमसी
támasī		 तमांसि
támāṃsi
Instrumental तमसा
támasā		 तमोभ्याम्
támobhyām		 तमोभिः
támobhiḥ
Dative तमसे
támase		 तमोभ्याम्
támobhyām		 तमोभ्यः
támobhyaḥ
Ablative तमसः
támasaḥ		 तमोभ्याम्
támobhyām		 तमोभ्यः
támobhyaḥ
Genitive तमसः
támasaḥ		 तमसोः
támasoḥ		 तमसाम्
támasām
Locative तमसि
támasi		 तमसोः
támasoḥ		 तमःसु
támaḥsu

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