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tamas
Wiktionary
n. One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.
Wikipedia
Tamas ( Sanskrit: तमस् tamas "darkness") is one of the three Gunas (tendencies, qualities, attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. The other two qualities are rajas (passion and activity) and sattva (purity, goodness). Tamas is the quality of imbalance, disorder, chaos, anxiety, impure, destructive, delusion, negative, dull or inactive, apathy, inertia or lethargy, violent, vicious, ignorant.
Tamas may refer to:
- Tamas (philosophy), a concept of darkness and death in Hindu philosophy
- Tamás (name), a given name in Hungarian (Thomas)
- Tamas (film), a 1987 TV series/movie directed by Govind Nihalani
- Tamas (novel), a 1975 novel by Bhisham Sahni
- Gabriel Tamaș (born 1983), Romanian footballer, currently playing for West Bromwich Albion
Tamas (lit. Darkness) is a 1988 period television film written and directed by Govind Nihalani. It is based on the Hindi novel of the same name by Bhisham Sahni (1974), which won the author the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975. Set in the backdrop of riot-stricken Pakistan at the time of Partition of India in 1947, the film deals with the plight of emigrant Sikh and Hindu families to India as a consequence of the partition. It was first shown on India's national broadcaster Doordarshan as a mini-series and later as a one-off four-hour-long feature film. At the 35th National Film Awards, it won three awards including the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. In August 2013, it was shown on History TV18 as a series.
Tamás is a Hungarian, masculine given name.
It may refer to:
- Tamás Bognár, Hungarian footballer
- G.M. Tamás (born 1948), Hungarian philosopher, critic, and former politician
- Tamás Mendelényi, Hungarian fencer
- Tamás Varga (rower) (born 1978), Hungarian rower
- Tamás Varga (water polo) (born 1975), Hungarian water polo player
- Tamás Varga (footballer born 1991)
- Tamás Wichmann, Hungarian canoer
Usage examples of "tamas".
Besides, he had too many things to tend to here at the castle, and if Tamas was right, the kitchen seemed to be the first thing that required his attention.
He doubted not that Tamas had ulterior motives for the suggestion, not the least of which was avoiding his own mum each evening.
And if Ailig was close-mouthed, she was not above grilling Tamas later.
She narrowed her eyes at him, ignoring the fidgeting Tamas at his side.
He managed to usher her towards the castle even as he asked the question, Tamas falling in step on the other side of her as if he thought to block any escape.
As he crossed the dirt square to speak to Morainn and Tamas, a lad raced out of the gate and pelted toward him, drawing to an abrupt halt just before he barreled into Ailig.
He sent the lad off and strode to where Morainn and Tamas awaited him.
Morainn wiped her moist forehead on her sleeve and realized she could not say when Tamas slipped away.
He spied Tamas just entering the bailey from the gate and motioned to the man to join him.
But if he is not, no argument from you, or Tamas, or even the king himself, will convince this lot otherwise.
Una was transfixed by, but all she saw was Tamas heading into the gate tunnel.
Ailig made his way over to Tamas when his father abruptly paused the proceedings and demanded wine.
Ailig had found his bed, Tamas and Skaeth seemingly pulled along by the force of his rancor.
Skaeth stood behind Gofraig, and Tamas and Baltair stood on either side of the uninvited guest, effectively boxing him in.
Ailig sat back down in his chair but Skaeth, Tamas and the scowling Baltair continued to box Gofraig in.