Pāli Dictionary

tamas

tamasstem

Part of speech

noun

Synonyms

andhakāra

Antonyms

vijjā, āloka

general

  • අන්ධකාරය; තමස; (tamo- රූපය)

  • 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.

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