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AV 19.53 - Hymn to Time (Kala)

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DescriptionAtharva Veda 19.53: The Kala Sukta - hymn to cosmic Time as the universal creator and destroyer. 'Time, the steed, runs with seven reins, thousand-eyed, ageless, rich in seed... Time created all existing things.' Cosmic time-cycle theology that underpins the Yuga doctrine of Puranic eschatology.

AV 19.53 - Hymn to Time (Kala)

Atharva Veda, Book 19, Hymn 53 Translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895, public domain)

[Ralph T.H. Griffith translation, public domain. Wikisource fetch unavailable.]

Atharva Veda 19.53: The Kala Sukta - hymn to cosmic Time as the universal creator and destroyer. ‘Time, the steed, runs with seven reins, thousand-eyed, ageless, rich in seed… Time created all existing things.’ Cosmic time-cycle theology that underpins the Yuga doctrine of Puranic eschatology.

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