The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1203 page)
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K
la
la(Skt., ‘time’). A general Hindu word for
time
, displacing the Vedic
tu
, which focused on the seasons.
Kal
means ‘enumerate’, or ‘calculate’ and moved the interest in time to the longer sequences of past, present, and future. Both
Vi
u
and
iva
are regarded as aspects of cosmic time.
Yama
, death, is associated with k
la (and is sometimes called K
la), and the k
lada
a, the staff of death, is one of Yama's emblems. K
la is also the bringer of, in addition to death, destiny from the gods (
daiva
).
time
, displacing the Vedic
tu, which focused on the seasons.
Kal
means ‘enumerate’, or ‘calculate’ and moved the interest in time to the longer sequences of past, present, and future. Both
Vi
uand
ivaare regarded as aspects of cosmic time.
Yama
, death, is associated with k
la (and is sometimes called Kla), and the kladaa, the staff of death, is one of Yama's emblems. Kla is also the bringer of, in addition to death, destiny from the gods (daiva
).
Kal
(limit on efficacy)
:
(limit on efficacy):
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