Sanskrit

Noun

तमस् • ‎(támas) n

1. darkness, gloom (also in plural)

   तमः प्रणीत ‎(tamaḥ práṇīta) — "led into darkness", deprived of the eye's light or sight

2. the darkness of ****, **** or a particular division of ****
3. the obscuration of the sun or moon in eclipses, attributed to Rahu
4. mental darkness, ignorance, illusion, error
5. one of the 3 qualities or constituents of everything in creation (the cause of heaviness, ignorance, illusion, lust, anger, pride, sorrow, dullness, and stolidity)
6. sin
7. sorrow