Knowledge Commons | Dominik A. Haas | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/dominikahaas/activity/ Activity feed for Dominik A. Haas. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:36:49 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 b6e11c94cbd9a8d49ff2393c82e1eb71 Dominik A. Haas's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1903979/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:20:36 -0500 0 bd9f8a58e7365ef3b475e9aef0cfb8cd Dominik A. Haas deposited Translating the Gāyatrī-Mantra https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1835710/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:05:21 -0500 No single standard translation of the mantra known as Sāvitrī, Gāyatrī, or Gāyatrī-Mantra (Ṛgveda III 62.10) has ever become widely accepted. Many authors seem to have felt that a famous mantra such as this one must have, or allow for, several interpretations and translations – a position that is not without justification, especially when it c…[Read more]

]]> 0 51f9b86361a2fa340fd53e81a3082e58 Dominik A. Haas deposited Puṣpikā: Proceedings of the 12th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (Vienna, 2021) in the group Hinduisms https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1831514/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 02:24:27 -0500 In the series Puṣpikā – Tracing Ancient India through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology, the proceedings of the International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS) are published. Puṣpikā is a peer-reviewed series that provides early-career scholars with a platform to share the results of their researc…[Read more]

]]> 0 04533011061e16f016789cba0c3fb46c Dominik A. Haas deposited Puṣpikā: Proceedings of the 12th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (Vienna, 2021) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1831421/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:56:53 -0500 In the series Puṣpikā – Tracing Ancient India through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology, the proceedings of the International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS) are published. Puṣpikā is a peer-reviewed series that provides early-career scholars with a platform to share the results of their researc…[Read more]

]]> 0 a73e998a2405ffce82f9eff4efa4a5df Dominik A. Haas deposited COMPLETE PhD Thesis | Gāyatrī: Mantra and Mother of the Vedas. A Philological-Historical Study in the group Hinduisms https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1794315/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 02:24:01 -0400 The short mantra known as Gāyatrī or Sāvitrī (Ṛgveda III 62.10) is one of the most frequently recited texts of mankind. Over the course of time it has not only been personified as the “Mother of the Vedas,” but has even come to be venerated as a goddess. The present study reveals for the first time how the mantra gained prominence as a religious…[Read more]

]]> 0 d5b4e0af497528a87a5685e8d1fd2f94 Dominik A. Haas deposited COMPLETE MA Thesis | Vom Feueraltar zum Yoga – Kohärenz und Konzept der Kaṭha-Upaniṣad in the group Hinduisms https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1794314/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 02:24:00 -0400 Der berühmten Kaṭha-Upaniṣad wurde oft Inkohärenz und Widersprüchlichkeit unterstellt: Das vedische Feuerritual, das in ihr erwähnt wird, ließ sich in den Augen der meisten Interpreten nicht mit der Erkenntnislehre und den Yoga-Praktiken, die den Großteil des Textes ausmachen, vereinbaren. Die Master-Arbeit versucht zu ergründen, wie ein derart…[Read more]

]]> 0 264f78e8d30c8925fe5eb30e0b2a208e Dominik A. Haas deposited Ritual, Self and Yoga: On the Ways and Goals of Salvation in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1793990/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:59:32 -0400 Throughout its history, the renowned Kaṭha Upaniṣad has often been described as being both incoherent and contradictory. The aim of this paper is to show to what purpose the text was created. To this end, it discusses the connection of the three paths to salvation depicted in the text, viz. the Agnicayana (a powerful Vedic fire-ritual), the Upa…[Read more]

]]> 0 86690537fcf52d5581e6eb9924e5a28f Dominik A. Haas deposited COMPLETE MA Thesis | Vom Feueraltar zum Yoga – Kohärenz und Konzept der Kaṭha-Upaniṣad https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1793989/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:51:54 -0400 Der berühmten Kaṭha-Upaniṣad wurde oft Inkohärenz und Widersprüchlichkeit unterstellt: Das vedische Feuerritual, das in ihr erwähnt wird, ließ sich in den Augen der meisten Interpreten nicht mit der Erkenntnislehre und den Yoga-Praktiken, die den Großteil des Textes ausmachen, vereinbaren. Die Master-Arbeit versucht zu ergründen, wie ein derart…[Read more]

]]> 0 5cf7244a57799dded673898d8722121c Dominik A. Haas deposited COMPLETE PhD Thesis | Gāyatrī: Mantra and Mother of the Vedas. A Philological-Historical Study https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1793984/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:28:55 -0400 The short mantra known as Gāyatrī or Sāvitrī (Ṛgveda III 62.10) is one of the most frequently recited texts of mankind. Over the course of time it has not only been personified as the “Mother of the Vedas,” but has even come to be venerated as a goddess. The present study reveals for the first time how the mantra gained prominence as a religious…[Read more]

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