तामस
See also: तमस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
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
Vṛddhi derivative of तमस् (tamas).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɑː.mɐ.sɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.mɐ.s̪ɐ/
Adjective
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
- sleep
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “तामस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443.