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Dr. Philipp André Maas

Dr. Philipp André Maas

Research Fellow

Indologie
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04109 Leipzig

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Abstract

PD Dr. Philipp André Maas is a Research Associate at the Institute for Indology and Central Asian Studies in the research project "Digital Critical Edition of the Nyāyabhāṣya," funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Previously he worked as an assistant professor at the Department for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies University of Vienna and as a research associate at the University of Bonn. Besides the philosophy of Nyāya, Sāṅkhya-Yoga, Indian medicine (Āyurveda), the history of philosophy and religion in early classical India, Sanskrit narrative literature and the methodology of textual criticism figure prominently in his research and teaching.


His numerous publications comprise:

Ph. A. Maas: Samādhipāda. Das erste Kapitel des Pātañjalayogaśāstra zum ersten Mal kri­tisch ediert. Aachen 2006.

K. Baier, Ph. A. Maas, K. Preisendanz (Hrsg.): Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Vienna 2018

Professional career

  • since 07/2016
    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (research associate) in the DFG long-term project “Digitale kritische Edition des Nyāyabhāṣya” at the Institute for Indology and Central Asian Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany
  • 10/2010 - 07/2016
    Universitätsassistent (assistant professor) at the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
  • 08/2007 - 09/2010
    Full-time post-doc researcher in FWF Project P19866–G15 “Philosophy and Medicine in Early Classical India II” at the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
  • 10/2004 - 07/2007
    Full-time post-doc researcher in FWF Project P17300-GO3 “Philosophy and Medicine in Early Classical India” at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Aus-trian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
  • 04/2001 - 09/2004
    Research associate at the Indological Institute, University of Bonn, Germany

Education

  • 06/2004 - 01/2020
    Habilitation and acquisition of the venia legendi in subject Indology at the University of Leipzig
  • 11/1997 - 05/2004
    Doctoral studies at the University of Bonn and acquisition of the degree "Doktor der Philosophie"
  • 04/1988 - 10/1997
    Master studies in Indologie, Comparative Religious Studies, Tibetology and Philosophy at the University of Bonn and acquisition of the title magister aertium

The research of Philipp A. Maas is focused on the cultural, philosophical and religious history of South Asia from the earliest time up to the beginning of modernity. In this regard, he combines methods of comparative religious and literary studies with philological and historical methods and applies them to primary sources in Vedic, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, classical Tibetan and Hindi. In working with theses sources, his rich and substantiated experience in handling Sanskrit manuscripts in various regional scripts, Tibetan manuscripts and block prints are proven key qualifications for obtaining fresh insights.


Also his work on the manuscript traditions of the Pātañjalayogaśāstra, of the Carakasaṃhitā and of the Nyāyabhāṣya are interdisciplinary orientated and combine approaches from the Digital Humanities, Evolutionary Biology and Classical Philology. This combination has lead to an innovative methodology for research in the text genealogy of these works, which are of central importance for the understanding of South Asian cultural history.


An academic CV including a list of publications and taught courses as well a many publication in open access or as pre-print versions can be found at https://uni-leipzig.academia.edu/PhilippMaas

  • 03-SZA-0701.ÜB01 Opening the Patanjalayogasastra

    In this seminar, we shall take a close look at the introductory passage of the Patañjalayogasastra, i.e., PYS 1.1-2, in the multiple versions that have been transmitted in manuscripts and printed editions. In a second step, we shall deal with the interpretations of this passage in the commentaries of Sankara, Vacaspatimisra (10th c.) and Bhoja (11th c.) to investigate the relationship of the commentaries to their reference text and the various interpretations that the commentators offer.