Tams, Taṃs: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTaṃs (तंस्).—I. 1 Ā. Ved. (taṃsate)
1) To shake.
2) To pour out; ये अस्मिन् कामं सुयुजं ततस्रे (ye asmin kāmaṃ suyujaṃ tatasre) Ṛgveda 4.23.5.
3) To beg, request. -II. 1 P., 1 U. (taṃsati, taṃsayati-te) To decorate.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTaṃs (तंस्).—i. 1 and 10, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To shake (ved.). 2. † To adorn.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTaṃs (तंस्).—tas pour out ([figuratively]); [Causative] taṃsayati shake.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Taṃs (तंस्):—([class] 1. [Parasmaipada] sati, to decorate, [Dhātupāṭha xvii, 31]; [Ātmanepada] sate [aor. ataṃsiṣṭa] to decorate one’s self, [Vopadeva xxiv, 12]; [perfect tense] tatasre) ‘to move’, pour out ([figuratively] a wish), [Ṛg-veda iv, 23, 5] :—[Causal] taṃsayati ([class] 10. ‘to decorate’ [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 56]; [imperfect tense] ataṃsayat),
—to draw to and fro, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxiii, 24.] :—[Intensive], [irregular] tantasyati, ‘to afflict’ or ‘to be distressed’ (cf. vi-√taṃs) [gana] kaṇḍv-ādi;—
2) [from] √tan?; cf. tasara; [Gothic] at-pinsan; Old [German] dinsan, ‘to draw.’
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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 (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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Starts with: Tamsa, Tamsa, Tamsai, Tamsaila, Tamsaili, Tamsailo, Tamsam, Tamsatumsa, Tamsaunu, Tamsi, Tamsik, Tamsinu, Tamsir-araung, Tamsnu, Tamsnu, Tamso, Tamsu, Tamsugu, Tamsugwu, Tamsurodha.
Ends with: Abhitams, Atams, Paritams, Vitams.
Full-text: Paritams, Paratamsa, Abhitams, Avatamsa, Tas, Uttamsa, Vitamsa, Tantasya, Paritamsayadhyai, Vatamsa, Vitams, Tantasy, Vitantasayya, Atams, Uttaseti, Vitasti, Tasara, Titau, Tancam, Vitasta.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Gaze like that of the elephant (nāgāvalokita) < [Part 10 - Looking in the manner of the elephant, etc.]
Bhūmi 10: the ground of the cloud of the Dharma (dharmameghā) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]