[INDOLOGY] Help identifying the deity of a gayatri mantra

[Joel Eugene Bordeaux]

While we’re at it, does anyone know of sources exploring the theoretical basis for or historical development of these ‘gayatris’? 

For example, in what sense is the mantra below a ‘gayatri’ beyond containing the verbs dhīmahi and pracodayāt? Is there any relation postulated between the 'gayatris' of Kubera etc. and Gayatri as a goddess? 

 With thanks,
J.


Joel Bordeaux
Visiting Scholar
Mattoo Center for India Studies
Stony Brook University
bordeauxjoel at gmail.com
twitter.com/JoelBordeaux


> 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?



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