As a deity name
Name 799 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
N. of a river (falling into the Ganges below Pratiṣṭhāna)
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tamase" is the nominative dual of "tamasā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "tamase" is the locative of "tamasa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "tamase" is the dative of "tamas" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
tamasā (ā), f. N. of a river (falling into the Ganges below Pratiṣṭhāna), MBh. iii, 14231; vi, 338; Hariv. 12828; R. i f.; iv, 40, 24; Ragh. ix, 16.
tamasa mfn. dark-coloured, AV. xi, 9, 22
tamasa m. darkness, Uṇ., Sch. a well, Uṇvṛ.
tamas n. darkness, gloom (also pl.), RV. (˚maḥ praṇīta, ‘led into darkness’, deprived of the eye's light or sight, i, 117, 17) &c.
the darkness of hell, hell or a particular division of hell, Mn. iv, viii f.; VP. ii, 6, 4; MārkP. xii, 10
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