[INDOLOGY] Gayatri mantras to time

[Lubomír Ondračka]

I understand Śiva's epithet Kālakāla as a synonym for Kālāntaka, 
referring to the myth in which Śiva killed the god Yama (= Kāla).
L.

On 22/10/2025 00:13, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY 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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