Tamovrita, Tamovṛta, Tamas-vrita: 4 definitions
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Tamovrita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Tamovṛta can be transliterated into English as Tamovrta or Tamovrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTamovṛta (तमोवृत).—a.
1) obscured, clouded.
2) affected with anger, fear &c.
Tamovṛta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tamas and vṛta (वृत).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTamovṛta (तमोवृत).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Overcome with or influenced by rage, fear, &c. or any of the effects of the property of darkness. 2. Obscured, clouded. E. tamas as above, and vṛta surrounded.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tamovṛta (तमोवृत):—[=tamo-vṛta] [from tamo > tam] mfn. obscured, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] overcome with any effect of the Guṇa tamas, as rage, fear, etc., [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTamovṛta (तमोवृत):—[tamo-vṛta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Overcome with rage or any bad passion; obscured, darkened, clouded.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). 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: Vrita, Bodhidharma, Tamas.
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