Dominik A. Haas
Gāyatrī
Mantra and Mother of the Vedas
**GĀYATRĪ **
MANTRA AND
MOTHER OF THE VEDAS
DOMINIK A. HAAS
GĀYATRĪ
MANTRA AND MOTHER OF THE VEDAS
ÖSTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN
PHILOSOPHISCH-HISTORISCHE KLASSE
SITZUNGSBERICHTE, 929. BAND
BEITRÄGE ZUR KULTUR- UND
GEISTESGESCHICHTE ASIENS, NR. 110
HERAUSGEGEBEN VOM INSTITUT
FÜR KULTUR- UND GEISTESGESCHICHTE ASIENS
UNTER DER LEITUNG VON BIRGIT KELLNER
Dominik A. Haas
Gāyatrī
Mantra and Mother of the Vedas
Accepted by the publication committee of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Austrian Academy of Sciences by: Michael Alram, Rainer Bauböck, Andre Gingrich, Hermann Hunger, Sigrid Jalkotzy-Deger, Nina Mirnig, Renate Pillinger, Franz Rainer, Oliver Jens Schmitt, Danuta Shanzer, Peter Wiesinger †, Waldemar Zacharasiewicz
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∙: GĀYATRĪ :∙
MANTRA AND
MOTHER OF THE VEDAS
tát savitúr váreṇyaṃ
*bhárgo devásya dhīmahi */
*dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt *//
May we obtain that desirable
splendor of the god Impeller,
who shall spur on our thoughts!