tamas meaning in Sanskrit
तमस् támas
tamas in Sanskrit: तमस् (támas). In English, tamas means one of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.
Sanskrit words for tamas
- tamas, one of the three qualities or constituents of everything in creation
- तमस् támas
English meaning of tamas
- noun One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.
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Questions about tamas in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of tamas in Sanskrit?
- Tamas in Sanskrit is तमस् (támas).
- tamas इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Tamas: तमस् (támas).
- What does tamas mean in English?
- Tamas means one of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “tamas”: तमस्. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tamas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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