तामस
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See also: तमस्
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- তামস (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬵᬫᬲ (Balinese script)
- তামস (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- တာမသ (Burmese script)
- તામસ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਾਮਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦴꦩꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂰𑂧𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ತಾಮಸ (Kannada script)
- តាមស (Khmer script)
- ຕາມສ (Lao script)
- താമസ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢗᠮᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐵𑐩𑐳 (Newa script)
- ତାମସ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢵꢪꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆳𑆩𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖭 (Siddham script)
- තාමස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩛𑩴𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚭𑚢𑚨 (Takri script)
- தாமஸ (Tamil script)
- తామస (Telugu script)
- ตามส (Thai script)
- ཏཱ་མ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒰𑒧𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨊𑨢𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Vṛddhi derivative of तमस् (tamas).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
तामस • (tāmasa) stem
- Dark, consisting of darkness
- Affected by or relating to तमस् or the quality of darkness (the third of the three qualities of nature)
- Ignorant
- Vicious
- A malignant person, an incendiary, a villain
- A snake
- An owl
- N. of a son of Rāhu
- A kind of horse possessing the quality of तमस्
- The 4th Manu
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “तामस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443.
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तामस”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]