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तम

तमस्

oppression of the chest in asthma

Monier–Williams

तम — {tama} m. (Pāṇ. 7-3, 34, Kāś.) = {tamas} ('the ascending node' VarBṛ. [?] Jyot.) L. Sch##(= {māla}) Xanthochymus pictorius L##= {makā} L##n. (= {mas}) darkness L##the point of the foot L##({ā}), f. night L##Xanthochymus pictorius L##({ī}), f. (g. {gaurâdi} Gaṇar. 47) night Śiś. ix, 23 BhP. x, 13, 45 Gol. vii, 10 Naish. vii, 45

तम — {tama} an affix forming the superl. degree of adjectives and rarely of substantives ({káṇva-}, &c.) Suśr. i, 20, 11##mfn. most desired Kir., ii, 14##({ām}), added (in older language) to adverbs and (in later language) to verbs, intensifying their meaning##ind. in a high degree, much Naish. viii