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<p style="text-align:justify;">Tamas means darkness, illusion, ignorance, inertia, inactivity, dullness etc. It is one of the three fundamental qualities along with [[Sattva|sattva]] and [[Rajas|rajas]]. Tamas has two significant characters i.e. resistance and heaviness. These are responsible for restraining or controlling thoughts. It induces lethargy, fatigue, sleep etc. As per [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita Bhagavad Gita], tamas is responsible for ignorance and sleep. It is the leading cause of darkness in the [[Manas|mind]], negligence & delusion, illusion & hallucinations.<ref name="ref1">Mrunalini R. Patel, BSc. Applying the knowledge of [[Ayurveda|ayurveda]] to appraise the US nutritional paradigm. California College of Ayurveda. 2010 Nov 24.</ref>The excessive lazy and sleepy person has a tamas dominant psychic constitution ([[Tamas|Tamasika]] [[Manas|manas]] [[Prakriti|prakriti]]). [Cha. Sa. [[Sharira Sthana]] 4/36] This article describes the concept and applications of tamas.
Tamas means darkness, illusion, ignorance, inertia, inactivity, dullness etc. It is one of the three fundamental qualities along with [[Sattva|sattva]] and [[Rajas|rajas]]. Tamas has two significant characters i.e. resistance and heaviness. These are responsible for restraining or controlling thoughts. It induces lethargy, fatigue, sleep etc. As per [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita Bhagavad Gita], tamas is responsible for ignorance and sleep. It is the leading cause of darkness in the [[Manas|mind]], negligence & delusion, illusion & hallucinations.<ref name="ref1">Mrunalini R. Patel, BSc. Applying the knowledge of [[Ayurveda|ayurveda]] to appraise the US nutritional paradigm. California College of Ayurveda. 2010 Nov 24.</ref>The excessive lazy and sleepy person has a tamas dominant psychic constitution ([[Tamas|Tamasika]] [[Manas|manas]] [[Prakriti|prakriti]]). [Cha. Sa. [[Sharira Sthana]] 4/36] This article describes the concept and applications of tamas.
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|title = Contributors
|title = Contributors
|data2 = Bhojani M. K. <sup>1</sup>,<br/>Kabadwal Dipti<sup>2</sup>
|data2 = Bhojani M. K. <sup>1</sup>,<br/>Kabadwal Dipti<sup>2</sup>
|label3 = Reviewer
|label3 = Reviewer
|data3 = Basisht G.<sup>3</sup>,
|data3 = [[Gopal Basisht|Basisht G.]]<sup>3</sup>,
|label4 = Editor
|label4 = Editor
|data4 = Deole Y.S.<sup>4</sup>
|data4 = [[Yogesh Deole|Deole Y.S.]]<sup>4</sup>
|label5 = Affiliations
|label5 = Affiliations
|data5 = <sup>1</sup> Department of Sharir Kriya, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India<br/><sup>2</sup>Department of Samhita Siddhant, A.I.I.A., New Delhi, India<br/><sup>3</sup> Rheumatologist, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.<br/><sup>4</sup>Department of Kayachikitsa, G.J.Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
|data5 = <sup>1</sup> Department of Sharir Kriya, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India<br/><sup>2</sup>Department of Samhita Siddhant, A.I.I.A., New Delhi, India<br/><sup>3</sup> Rheumatologist, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.<br/><sup>4</sup>Department of Kayachikitsa, G.J.Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India