AKośa, 1, 246.1 dhvānte gāḍhe 'ndhatamasaṃ kṣīṇe 'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ /

DKCar, 2, 4, 101.0 tāvanme pitaraṃ taskaramiva paścādbaddhabhujam uddhuradhvanimahājanānuyātam ānīya madabhyāśa eva sthāpayitvā mātaṅgastriraghoṣayat eṣa mantrī kāmapālo rājyalobhād bhartāraṃ caṇḍasiṃham yuvarājaṃ caṇḍaghoṣaṃ ca viṣānnenopāṃśu hatvā punardevo 'pi siṃhaghoṣaḥ pūrṇayauvana ityamuṣminpāpamācariṣyanviśvāsādrahasyabhūmau punaramātyaṃ śivanāgamāhūya sthūṇamaṅgāravarṣaṃ ca rājavadhāyopajapya taiḥ svāmibhaktyā vivṛtaguhyo rājyakāmukasyāsya brāhmaṇasyāndhatamasapraveśo nyāyya iti prāḍvivākavākyād akṣyuddharaṇāya nīyate //

KumSaṃ, 8, 55.2 etad andhatamasaṃ niraṅkuśaṃ dikṣu dīrghanayane vijṛmbhate //

ViPur, 5, 30, 17.2 viṣṇumāyāmahāvartamohāndhatamasā vṛtāḥ //

RājNigh, Guḍ, 148.1 dīptā dīdhitayas tathāndhatamasadhvaṃsāya bhānor iva vyātanvanti nijaṃ rujāṃ vijayate vīryaṃ viruddhau ca yāḥ /

RājNigh, Sattvādivarga, 52.2 andhakāraśca bhūchāyaṃ taccāndhatamasaṃ ghanam //