ŚBM, 4, 3, 4, 21.4 athaitat sado 'suratamasam abhipupruve /

BKŚS, 18, 613.2 pūrṇād ivāndhatamasāni tuṣārakānter āryāt pṛthag janaśatāni hi saṃbhramanti //

Harṣacarita, 5, 185.1 devī tu yaśomatī tathā tiṣṭhati pādanihitaśirasi vimanasi kanīyasi preyasi tanaye guruṇā giriṇevodvegavegenāvaṣṭabhyamānā mūrcchāndhatamasaṃ rasātalam iva praviśantī bāṣpapravāheṇeva ciranirodhasaṃpiṇḍitena snehasaṃbhāreṇa nirbharāvirbhūtenābhibhūyamānā kṛtaprayatnāpi nivārayituṃ na śaśāka bāṣpotpatanam //

AbhCint, 2, 60.1 dhvāntaṃ bhūchāyāndhakāraṃ tamasaṃ samavāndhataḥ /