tamas
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तमस् (támas, “darkness”).
Noun
[edit]tamas (uncountable)
- One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Taivoan
[edit]Noun
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *temH-
- English terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- English learned borrowings from Sanskrit
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
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- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Hinduism
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