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 tenebra (“darkness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
तमस् • (támas) n
- darkness, gloom (also in plural)
- तमः प्रणीत (támaḥ práṇīta) — "led into darkness", deprived of the eye's light or sight
- the darkness of hell, hell or a particular division of hell
- the obscuration of the sun or moon in eclipses, attributed to Rahu
- mental darkness, ignorance, illusion, error
- 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)
- sin
- sorrow
Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of तमस् (támas) | |||
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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 |
Borrowed terms
- English: tamas
Categories:
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit neuter nouns
- Sanskrit as-stem nouns