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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avatamasa (अवतमस).—[avatataṃ vyāptaṃ tamaḥ acsamāsaḥ avasamndhebhyastamasaḥ P.V.4.79]

1) Slight or dim darkness; क्षीणेऽवतमसं तमः (kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ) Ak.

2) Darkness (in general); अवतमसभिदायै भास्वता- भ्युद्गतेन (avatamasabhidāyai bhāsvatā- bhyudgatena) Śiśupālavadha 11.57 (where Malli. says yadyapi kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ ityuktaṃ tathāpi iha virodhādviśeṣānādareṇa sāmānyameva grāhyam).

3) Obscurity.

Derivable forms: avatamasam (अवतमसम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avatamasa (अवतमस).—n.

(-saṃ) Slight darkness, obscurity. E. ava implying deficiency, and tamas darkness, ac aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avatamasa (अवतमस).—[ava-tamas + a], n. Slight darkness, [Śiśupālavadha] 11, 57.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avatamasa (अवतमस):—[=ava-tamasa] n. ([Pāṇini 5-4, 79]) slight darkness, obscurity, [Śiśupāla-vadha xi, 57.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avatamasa (अवतमस):—[ava-tamasa] (saṃ) 1. n. Slight darkness.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avatamasa in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avatamasa (ಅವತಮಸ):—

1) [noun] the state of somewhat dark; dim light; dimness; dusk.

2) [noun] the state of being very dark; pitch-darkness.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Ava, Tamasa.

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