[INDOLOGY] Gayatri mantras to time

[Carmen Spiers]

Dear Harry,

There are some Atharva Veda hymns to Kāla as supreme god but there's
nothing gayatri-ish about them. I'm currently preparing one (PS 11.8–9)
with Elizabeth Tucker for our book which should hopefully come out next
year...

Best,
Carmen

On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 at 01:15, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear list members,
>
> 1) I was asked to find any gayatri mantras to time or that mention
> time. Does anyone know of any or have ideas about where to look.  I've
> looked in GRETIL and the Muktbodha searchable library but didn't find
> any.
>
> )In the following Gayatri mantra from the internet
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCIGR0cpiyc
>
>  oṁ kāla-kālāya vidmahe
> kālātītāya dhīmahi
> tan no kāla-bhairavaḥ pracodayāt
>
> How would you translate kāla-kāla in the first line. Someone suggested
> "death of time".  Is that a possible translation.
>
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
>
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Carmen Sylvia Spiers
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