tamas

[ tuhm-uhs ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. guna

Other Words From

• ta·mas·ic [t, uh, -, mas, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tamas¹

< Sanskrit: darkness

Example Sentences

But I had said to Tamas—'No, do not try to fight them in the open, for there they will certainly kill you.'

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The widow loaded the guns, while Tamas sat quietly in an arm-chair.

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(By the respective influence of the three qualities of sattwa, rajas and tamas, Swaha had three sons).

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Thus "sight," or the power of seeing, is a modification of the quality of sattva unobstructed by rajas and tamas.

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He was the only son of the majoresco, Tamas Bardy, and resembled him much in form and feature.

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