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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Andhatamasa (अन्धतमस).—(P.V.4. 79.)

Derivable forms: andhatamasam (अन्धतमसम्).

Andhatamasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms andha and tamasa (तमस).

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Andhatāmasa (अन्धतामस).—deep or complete darkness; लोकमन्धतमसात्क्रमोदितौ (lokamandhatamasātkramoditau) R.11.24; अन्धतमसमिव प्रविशामि (andhatamasamiva praviśāmi) U.7 the gloom of hell; प्रध्वंसितान्धतमसस्तत्रोदाहरणं रविः (pradhvaṃsitāndhatamasastatrodāharaṇaṃ raviḥ) Śi.2.33.

-sā night.

Derivable forms: andhatāmasam (अन्धतामसम्).

Andhatāmasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms andha and tāmasa (तामस). See also (synonyms): andhandhātamasa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Andhatamasa (अन्धतमस).—n.

(-saṃ) Great darkness. E. andha to make blind, and tamasa darkness: also written andhatāmasaṃ, a being made long.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Andhatamasa (अन्धतमस):—[=andha-tamasa] [from andha > andh] n. great, thick, or intense darkness, [Pāṇini 5-4, 79; Raghuvaṃśa]

2) Andhatāmasa (अन्धतामस):—[=andha-tāmasa] [from andha > andh] n. = -tamasa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Tamasa, Andha.

Ends with: Andhandhatamasa.

Full-text: Andhandhatamasa.

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