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tamas
[ tuhm-uhs ]
noun
, Hinduism.
- guna
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Other Words From
- ta·mas·ic [t, uh, -, mas, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tamas1
< Sanskrit: darkness
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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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