saṃ-digdha mfn. smeared over, besmeared or covered with (instr. or comp.) MBh. Kāv. &c
• confused, confounded with, mistaken for (instr. or comp.) Nir. Kum
• questioned, questionable MBh. Kāv. &c
• precarious, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsettled, doubtful about, despairing of (comp.) ib
• riskful, dangerous, unsafe (as a ship) Gaut
• (am) n. an ambiguous suggestion or expression Kpr. Pratāp
• -tā f. (MW.), -tva n. (Sāh.) uncertainty, hesitation, indistinctness
• -niścaya mfn. one who hesitates to hold a firm opinion R
• -punarukta-tva n. uncertainty and tautology Sāh
• -phala mfn. having arrows with poisoned tips (accord. to others' of uncertain result or efficacy'), Daś
• -buddhi (Śak.), -mati (Yājñ.), mfn. having a doubtful mind, sceptical
• -lekhya n. a writing or document of doubtful meaning or authority W
• ○dhâkṣara mfn. having indistinct utterance MW
• ○dhârtha mfn. having doubtful meaning, dubious in sense ib
• m. a doubtful or disputed matter Yājñ. ii, 12
• ○dhī-kṛta mfn. made to present a doubtful resemblance Bālar. vi, 31

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William

 

the tshom

[translation-san] {MSA,MV} vicikitsā

[translation-san] {MSA} vicikitsatā

[translation-san] {LCh,MSA} saṃśaya

[translation-san] {MSA} saṃdeha

[translation-san] saṃdigdha

[translation-san] {C} vimati

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} doubt; qualm; suspicion

[translation-eng] {C} perplexity; uncertainty; consternation

[definition-bod] mtshan nyid 1 rang stobs kyis mtha' gnyis su dogs pa'i rig pa/ 2 rang yul la dogs pa'i rig pa/

[definition-eng] Def.: (1) a knower which by its own power has doubts in two directions; or: (2) an awareness having qualms with respect to its object

[division-bod] dbye ba 1 don 'gyur gyi the tshom/ 2 don mi 'gyur gyi the tshom/ 3 cha mnyam pa'i the tshom/

[division-eng] Div.: (1) doubt tending toward the fact; (2) doubt not tending toward the fact; (3) equal doubt

[comments] Comment: This is one of the six root afflictions (rtsa nyon, mūlakleśa): desire ('dod chogs, rāga); (2) anger (khong khro, pratigha); (3) pride (nga rgyal, māna); (4) ignorance (ma rig pa, avidyā); (5) doubt (the tshom, vicikitsā); (6) afflicted view (lta ba nyon mongs can, kliṣṭa-dṛṣṭi). This is also one of the seven types of knowledge and awareness (blo rig); for the others see blo rig.

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary