(in Vedanta) the element or mode of prakriti associated with lethargy, darkness, and ignorance.
Example sentencesExamples
Happiness which is obtained with ‘delusion from beginning to end’ and that arises from laziness and fantasy is achieved in the mode of tamas or ignorance.
He also assimilated the three characteristics called gunas (namely tattva virtue, rajas power, passion and tamas mediocrity), specified in the Sankhya literature, into his teachings.
Agni dispels darkness or tamas that fills the world.
Those in which rajas or tamas predominate make it hard to achieve the mental tranquillity necessary to worship effectively or achieve enlightenment.
The three forms are traced to the three gunas, namely rajas, sattva and tamas.
Definition of tamas in US English:
tamas
nounˈtəməs
(in Vedanta) the element or mode of prakriti associated with lethargy, darkness, and ignorance.
Example sentencesExamples
The three forms are traced to the three gunas, namely rajas, sattva and tamas.
Those in which rajas or tamas predominate make it hard to achieve the mental tranquillity necessary to worship effectively or achieve enlightenment.
Happiness which is obtained with ‘delusion from beginning to end’ and that arises from laziness and fantasy is achieved in the mode of tamas or ignorance.
He also assimilated the three characteristics called gunas (namely tattva virtue, rajas power, passion and tamas mediocrity), specified in the Sankhya literature, into his teachings.
Agni dispels darkness or tamas that fills the world.