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): /ˈt̪ɑː.mɐ.s̪ɐ/

Adjective

तामस • (tāmasa) stem

1. Dark, consisting of darkness
2. Affected by or relating to तमस् or the quality of darkness (the third of the three qualities of nature)
3. Ignorant
4. Vicious
5. A malignant person, an incendiary, a villain
6. A snake
7. An owl
8. N. of a son of Rāhu
9. A kind of horse possessing the quality of तमस्
10. The 4th Manu
11. sleep

References

• 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]