[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.762 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.762 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.762 - **Language:** English ### [c5.762](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.762) KĀLA. ‘Time.’ A name of Yama, the judge of the dead. In the Atharva-veda Time is addressed as the source and ruler of all things. “It is he who drew forth the worlds and encompassed them. Being their father, he became their son. There is no other power superior to him.” The \*Vishnu\*, \*Bhāgavata\*, and Padma Purānas state that Brahmā existed in the form of Time, “but the Purānas do not generally recognise Time as an element of the first cause.” - [Previous: c5.761](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.761) - [Next: c5.763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.763) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (4) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.762](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.762) · Pramāṇa