[avatataṃ vyāptaṃ tamaḥ acsamā- saḥ P. V. 4. 79] 1 Slight or dim dark- ness; kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ Ak.

2 Dark- ness (in general); avatamasabhidāyai bhāsva- tābhyudgatena Śi. 11. 57 (where Malli. says yadyapi kṣīṇe'vatamasaṃ tamaḥ ityuktaṃ tathāpi iha virodhādviśeṣānādareṇa sāmānyameva grāhyaṃ).

3 Obscurity.