[INDOLOGY] Help identifying the deity of a gayatri mantra

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Kubera

Raajaraaja / raajaadhiraaja is used as a synonym for kubera in mantrapushpa
। राजाधिराजाय प्रसह्यसाहिने नमो वयं वैश्रवणाय कुर्महे।
स मे कामान्कामकामाय मह्यम् कामेश्वरो वैश्रवणो ददातु।
कुबेराय वैश्रवणाय महाराजाय नमः ॥ 2 ॥







On Wed, May 30, 2018, 6:24 AM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear list members,
> The Vaikhanasamantraprasna contains this gayatri mantra
> rājarājāya vidmahe
> dhanādhyakṣyāya dhīmahi
> tan nas somaḥ pracodayāt
>
> Monier-Williams identifies dhanādhyakṣya as Kubera.
> Is this a gayatri mantra to Kubera or to Soma as the moon, or to the
> elixir Soma?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
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