dīrghá—tamas (°ghá-), m. N. of a Ṛṣi with the patron. Aucathya and the metron. Māmateya, [RV. i, 158, 1]; [6] (author of the hymns, [RV. i, 140]-[164]; father of Kakṣīvat, [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 125, 1]; through Bṛhas-pati's curse born blind, [MBh. i, 4192] &c.; [xii, 13182]; father of Dhanvan-tari, [Pur.]; has by Su-deṣṇā, Bali's wife, five sons, Aṅga, Bhaṅga, Kaliṅga, Puṇḍra, and Suhma, [MBh.]; [Pur.]); pl. his descendants