avatamasaṃ
See also
avatamasa,
avatamasam.
Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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p. 180, col. 2.
avatamasaṃ [
avatataṃ vyāptaṃ tamaḥ acsamāsaḥ P. V. 4. 79]
1 Slight or dim darkness;
kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ Ak. 2 Darkness (in general);
avatamasabhidāyai bhāsvatābhyudgatena Śi. 11. 57 (where
Malli. says
yadyapi kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ ityuktaṃ tathāpi iha virodhādviśeṣānādareṇa sāmānyameva grāhyaṃ).
3 Obscurity.
Śabdakalpadruma
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vol. 1,
p. 124.
avatamasaṃ , klī, (avatataṃ vyāptaṃ tamaḥ, prādisamāsaḥ,
ac .) alpāndhakāraḥ . ityamaraḥ ..
(“avatamasabhidāyai bhāsvatābhyudgamena
prasabhamuḍugaṇo'sau darśanīyo'pyapāstaḥ” .
iti māghaḥ .)