Lemma: tamas (n)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
- darkness (MW)
- error (MW)
- gloom (MW)
- hell or a particular division of hell (MW)
- ignorance (MW)
- illusion (MW)
- mental darkness (MW)
- name of a son (of Śravas) (MW)
- one of the 3 qualities or constituents of everything in creation (MW)
- the darkness of hell (MW)
- the obscuration of the sun or moon in eclipses (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| war |
60 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
52 |
| Indra |
36 |
| triguṇa |
36 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
33 |
| animal sacrifice, paśubandha |
32 |
| Mahābhārata |
31 |
| Buddha's life |
29 |
| Agni |
23 |
| Creation of the world |
23 |
| Sāṃkhya |
21 |
| Uṣas |
21 |
| karman doctrine |
20 |
| dharma |
19 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
18 |
| Bhakti |
17 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
17 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
16 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
16 |
| ātman |
15 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
14 |
| rājasūya |
13 |
| Aśvins |
12 |
| Yoga |
12 |
| Cosmogony (gen.) |
12 |
| āpyāyana |
11 |
| truth, satya, ṛta |
11 |
| Medicine |
11 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
11 |
| narrative literature |
11 |
| Soma |
10 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
10 |
| Mahāyāna |
9 |
| Buddhism |
9 |
| Time |
9 |
| Bṛhaspati |
8 |
| kāmyapaśubandha, kāmya paśu |
8 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
8 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
8 |
| varṇas, castes |
8 |
| Giving, dāna |
8 |
| prāyaścitta |
8 |
| against death, Nirṛti |
7 |
| Nature poetry |
7 |
| Astronomy |
7 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
7 |
| Cosmogony |
7 |
| (Im-)purity |
7 |
| King, rājanīti |
6 |
| Lexicography |
6 |
| sāman |
6 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
6 |
| viṣuvat |
6 |
| botany, plants |
6 |
| worship |
6 |
| Brahmā |
6 |
| jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge |
6 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
6 |
| manas |
5 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
5 |
| vapā, omentum, Netzhaut |
5 |
| Kāma |
5 |
| Pārvatī |
5 |
| gold |
5 |
| Poetology |
5 |
| udgātṛ |
5 |
| Senses and world |
5 |
| Genealogies |
5 |
| against demons, rakṣas, evil spirits |
5 |
| Cosmography |
4 |
| Soma sacrifice |
4 |
| Agni Vaiśvānara |
4 |
| fever, jvara, takman |
4 |
| sacrificial fire |
4 |
| Geography |
4 |
| vānaprastha |
4 |
| kṛcchra |
4 |
| against rivals |
4 |
| ukhya |
4 |
| unsteadiness of life |
4 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
4 |
| agnihotra |
4 |
| Maruts |
4 |
| jyotiṣṭoma |
4 |
| atirātra |
3 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
3 |
| Viśve devāḥ |
3 |
| twelve-day Soma rite |
3 |
| good behaviour |
3 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
3 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
3 |
| ārbhava pavamāna |
3 |
| om, oṃ, oṃkāra |
3 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
3 |
| prāṇa etc. |
3 |
| bali |
3 |
| yuga theory |
3 |
| Grammar |
3 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
3 |
| agnyupasthāna |
3 |
| Gaṅgā, Ganges |
3 |
| Skanda |
3 |
| Nara-Nārāyaṇa |
3 |
| against sorcery |
3 |
| Cosmology |
3 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
3 |
| agnicayana |
3 |
| madātyaya |
3 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
3 |
| Alchemy |
3 |
| āhavanīya |
2 |
| Brideship and marriage |
2 |
| creates fever |
2 |
| kills Mahiṣa |
2 |
| ṣaḍaha |
2 |
| third eye |
2 |
| long live, āyus |
2 |
| Moral literature |
2 |
| Stories |
2 |
| against quarrel at home, in the family |
2 |
| vapāhoma |
2 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
2 |
| cow |
2 |
| eating, food, anna |
2 |
| snāna, bathing |
2 |
| Family |
2 |
| Kaṃsa |
2 |
| Pūṣan |
2 |
| against natural disasters |
2 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
2 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
2 |
| dakṣiṇā |
2 |
| Prajāpati |
2 |
| Witness |
2 |
| Law |
2 |
| Himālaya |
2 |
| Zoology |
2 |
| Women |
2 |
| ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna |
2 |
| upanayana, initiation |
2 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
2 |
| eclipse |
2 |
| life, jīva |
2 |
| udgītha |
2 |
| hathayoga |
2 |
| dāna, giving |
2 |
| Love |
2 |
| inundation |
2 |
| punarādheya |
2 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
2 |
| pushing forwards the droṇakalaśa |
2 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
| paryagnikaraṇa |
2 |
| vājapeya |
2 |
| rebirth, transmigration |
2 |
| sacrifice and time |
2 |
| non-attachment |
2 |
| healing rituals, against diseases |
2 |
| against dangers, difficult situations |
2 |
| India |
2 |
| Politics |
2 |
| for a good birth |
1 |
| sacrificial post, yūpa |
1 |
| for the birth of sons |
1 |
| saṃdhyā, twilight worship |
1 |
| Vala myth |
1 |
| pākayajña |
1 |
| āgrahāyaṇī |
1 |
| svarasāman days |
1 |
| third pressing |
1 |
| medhājanana |
1 |
| vaśīkaraṇa |
1 |
| samiṣṭayajus |
1 |
| samāvartana |
1 |
| Agni in the water |
1 |
| nirūḍhapaśubandha |
1 |
| brahmagavī |
1 |
| son, advantage of having sons |
1 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
1 |
| vaśā |
1 |
| punishment for crime |
1 |
| amulets |
1 |
| pravargya |
1 |
| bad behaviour |
1 |
| against poison, venom |
1 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
1 |
| kuṣṭha |
1 |
| śotha |
1 |
| pāṇḍuroga |
1 |
| diseases |
1 |
| subhāṣita |
1 |
| poison, antidotes |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| Behaviour, politeness |
1 |
| begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā |
1 |
| Travel |
1 |
| weapons, arms |
1 |
| Debt |
1 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
1 |
| Matsyāvatāra |
1 |
| army |
1 |
| Kalki(n) |
1 |
| avatāras |
1 |
| Dāruvana |
1 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
1 |
| marriage, wedding |
1 |
| Ordeal |
1 |
| Debts and interest |
1 |
| āśrama |
1 |
| Tīrthas |
1 |
| saṃnyāsa |
1 |
| Pashupata Shaivism |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| mantra |
1 |
| vātarakta |
1 |
| āpaddharma |
1 |
| against evil |
1 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas |
1 |
| Gandharva |
1 |
| Apsaras |
1 |
| brahman |
1 |
| Rudra |
1 |
| Brahmaṇaspati |
1 |
| birth, pregnancy |
1 |
| Varuṇa |
1 |
| Mitra |
1 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
| Vedic schools, śākhās |
1 |
| vyavahāra |
1 |
| linguistic speculation |
1 |
| Pracetas |
1 |
| Varāha |
1 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
1 |
| selling children, adoption |
1 |
| Noun derivation |
1 |
| saṃsāra |
1 |
| kālacakra |
1 |
| ahaṃkāra |
1 |
| kṣetrajña |
1 |
| marman |
1 |
| Vṛtra |
1 |
| Vṛtra and Indra |
1 |
| Tāraka |
1 |
| senses, indriya |
1 |
| Meditation |
1 |
| trivarga, caturvarga |
1 |
| low castes |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| dark | absence of light or illumination | 60 |
| darkness | an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" | 35 |
| Tamas | one of the 3 guṇas | 31 |
| faint | a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | 3 |
| tamas [word] | the word tamas | 3 |
| ignorance | the lack of knowledge or education | 2 |
| gloom | a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispell the gloom" | 1 |
| tamas | a kind of disease [dunkel vor Augen werden] | 1 |
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