(p. 453) tāmasa full of deep darkness; full of Cimmerian darkness, irrevocably dark; having the lowest of the elements or primal qualities of human nature and character; full of ignorance and vice. ̃যজ্ঞ n. a ritual performed with vanity and pomp but without reverence. তামসিক a. having the lowest of the elements or primary qualities of the human nature and character; relating to this quality; full of ignorance and vice; overcast with cloud, cloud-ridden. তামসী a. fem. of তামস । n. a dark night; a night of the new moon. 96)