avatamasam

avatamasam [avatataṃ vyāptaṃ tamaḥ acsamāsaḥ avasamndhebhyastamasaḥ P.V.4.79] 1 Slight or dim darkness; kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ Ak. -2 Darkness (in general); avatamasabhidāyai bhāsvatā- bhyudgatena Śi.11.57 (where Malli. says yadyapi kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ ityuktaṃ tathāpi iha virodhādviśeṣānādareṇa sāmānyameva grāhyam). -3 Obscurity.