By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Dirghatamas, DIrghatamas, Dirghatamas
- long night; long darkness
- with a lot of anger
- a ŗşi who was the son of Bŗhaspati, the father of Kakşivat; Ańga, Vańga, Kalińga, Pundra and Śuhma by the daitya monarch Bali’s wife Sudeşņā (M. Bh.).