As a deity name
Name 732 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 387 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
तामसी · adj
स्त्री॰ [सं॰] तमोगुणवाली । जैसे, तामसी प्रकुति — Śabdasāgara
तामसी · noun · feminine
अँधेरी रात · महाकाली · जटामासी । बलाछड़ — Śabdasāgara
तामसी · tāmasī · adj.
= tāmas, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 307
Cited formation "तामसी" is तामस + -ई: तामस means "Dark", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "तामसी" is तामस + -ई: तामस means "Dark", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "तामसी" is तामस + -ई: तामस means "Dark", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
night
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tāmasī" is the feminine form of "tāmasa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
tāmasī f. night, L.
sleep, L.
Durgā, L.
N. of a river, MBh. vi, 339.
tāmasa mf(ī)n. (fr. tamas) dark, L.
appertaining to or affected by the quality tamas (q.v.), ignorant, various, Mn. xii; Bhag. &c. (˚sī tanū, ‘the form assumed by the deity for the destruction of the world’ ; ˚sī śakti, ‘the faculty of tamas’)
Alternative readings
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