མུན་པ་

JH-ENG

darkness; obscurity; gloom

JH-OE

{C}blind; region of darkness; {GD:594}mass

JH-SKT, JH-C, YOGA, IW, RB, RY

tamas

JH-SKT, YOGA

andhakAra

JH-SKT

{LCh,MSA,C}*; {LCh,MSA,C}*; {C}andha

OT

[2105] gzugs mi snang bar byed pa'i kha dog nag po/ dper na mtshan mo lta bu nang na yod pa'i gzugs mig la snang mi thub pa'o/ ... mun pa sel bar sgron me dgos/ ... ming gi rnam grangs la kun khebs dang/ khebs pa/ mkha'i pags pa/ sgrib pa/ nyin mthar byed/ nyin mo'i sgo nga/ 'thibs pa/ ldong byed/ snang med/ mi mngon pa/ mi snang ba/ mi gsal ba/ mun 'khrigs/ mun nag smag rum/ mtshan mo'i gos/ rab rib/ she mun bcas so/

JH-C

Comment: In SAmkhya this is one of the three material qualities (yon tan gsum, triguNa): lightness (snying stobs, sattva), 2) motility (rdul, rajas), 3) darkness (mun pa, *). Dzong-ka-ba's Great Exposition of Secret Mantra a passage cites a passage calling the three subtler consciousnesses preceding the mind of clear light according to the GuhyasamAja system sattva, rajas, and *.

JV

dark, obscure, gloom, empty space, obscuring, darkness

IW

darkness [syn: kun khebs dang, khebs pa, mkha'i pags pa, sgrib pa, nyin mthar byed, nyin mo'i sgo nga, 'thibs pa, ldong byed, snang med, mi mngon pa, mi snang ba, mi gsal ba, mun 'khrigs, mun nag smag rum, mtsan mo'i gos, rab rib, she mun]. darkness, * [one of the {yon tan gsum of Samkhya philosophy). darkness, * * obscure gloom night, ignorance

RB

(the) darkness (of ignorance); obscurity (Skt. *); (the state of) unknowing

RY

darkened, obscured. {mun snam}. darkness; obscurity, gloom, ( Skt. *); darkness, *, [one of the {yon tan gsum} of the Samkhya philosophy]. empty space, obscuring, inertia, One of {yon tan gsum} murkiness, *