gruvy-muvy

Thought provoking, but as an earlier reviewer here suggests there could have been spiritual viewpoint.

Hindu spirituality has attempted to address infinity in the Vedas:

Om Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnat Purnamudachyate Purnasya Purnamadaya Purnameva Vashishyate Om Shanti Shanti Shantih

(Aum! That is infinite, this is infinite. Infinity proceeds from Infinity. If Infinity is taken away from Infinity, it still remains as Infinity. Aum! May there be Peace Peace Peace!)

This is a prayer taken from the Isha Upanishad, which is a part of the Yajur Veda, 1st millennium BC.

Purna=Infinity/Perfection/Wholeness, which may be equated to Brahman, the creative energy that is anaakar (formless), anaadi (beginningless) and anant (endless), and gives rise to all phenomenal beings in the time/space continuum.

I am not sure if the makers intended this or not, but I think 'Kala' is loosely based on the deity, Kala Bhairaveshwara, which might also explain the title.

Bhairava is the fierce avatara of Lord Shiva, and whose accompanying animal is dog.

Hence the fierce, uncouth, indomitable, almost superhuman nature of the tribal who arrives to exact revenge, just as Bhairava was created to cut off the head of Daksha, the privileged upper class leader who insulted Lord Shiva.

Further, I am not sure at what point the track was used, but there is an attribution to Adi Shankaracharya for the track, 'Kala Bhairava Alchemized' in the end credits.

A thought provoking show that combines religion, intrigue and bigotry, leading up to an apocalyptic climax. Great job by the entire cast/crew.

The content in Erin's monologue towards the end ('...it's like a drop of water falling back into the ocean, of which it's always been a part') is nothing but Advaita: a Hindu tenet that considers all living and nonliving beings to be indivisible parts of the one Brahman - the eternal, formless Cosmic Unity (one of the reasons for the other name for Hinduism; Sanatana Dharma = Eternal Duty/Faith).