Pāli Dictionary

tamas

tamasstem

via inflected form tamā · nominative plural / ablative singular / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

noun

Synonyms

andhakāra

Antonyms

vijjā, āloka

general

  • तम; अंधकार; तिमिर (tamo- रूप)

  • darkness; gloom; obscurity (the -as stem, tamo-)

  • MN 4

    vijjā adhigatā, avijjā vihatā vijjā uppannā, tamo vihato āloko uppanno, yathā taṃ appamattassa ātāpino pahit'attassa viharato.

  • Snp 4.16

    sadevakassa lokassa, yathā dissati cakkhumā, sabbaṃ tamaṃ vinodetvā, eko'va ratim'ajjhagā.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

taṃamā
  1. taṃ

    यह; वह; उसे; उसे; वह व्यक्ति; वह वस्तु (सर्वनाम)

  2. amā

    घर पर; घर के भीतर

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