142087 KO Colloquium on the Philosophies and Religions of South Asia for Advanced Students (2020W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 01.08.2020 08:00 to Mo 14.09.2020 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2020 23:59
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max. 24 participants
Language: English
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
After a first organizational meeting in the assigned classroom, the course will be conducted as an online course as long as this format will be strongly recommended by the University.
- Wednesday 07.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 14.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 21.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 28.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 04.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 11.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 18.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 25.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 02.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 09.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 16.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 13.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 20.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 27.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment
50% of the grade are based on class participation in the form of the presentation of translations, text analyses, supplementary research, brief oral presentations, etc., of active involvement in the interpretation of the selected texts, historical analyses, formation of hypotheses, etc., and of contributions to the theoretical–methodological discussions. The remaining 50% are based either on a focused oral presentation involving the analysis of pertinent materials, or on a piece of written work (approximately 15 pages) on one of the topics of the course. The minimum requirement for a positive assessment is the average achievement of 37% of the overall possible points for each component of the assessment.
Regular attendance is obligatory and essential. If more than three class meetings are missed, the overall assessment will be negative.
50% of the grade are based on class participation in the form of the presentation of translations, text analyses, supplementary research, brief oral presentations, etc., of active involvement in the interpretation of the selected texts, historical analyses, formation of hypotheses, etc., and of contributions to the theoretical–methodological discussions. The remaining 50% are based either on a focused oral presentation involving the analysis of pertinent materials, or on a piece of written work (approximately 15 pages) on one of the topics of the course. The minimum requirement for a positive assessment is the average achievement of 37% of the overall possible points for each component of the assessment.
Regular attendance is obligatory and essential. If more than three class meetings are missed, the overall assessment will be negative.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Prerequisites
As this is a course designed for third-semester students of the MA program “Languages and Cultures of South Asia” as well as for PhD students, successful completion of modules 4 or 5 as well as module 3a of this MA program is required. The completion of both module 4 and module 5 as well as of either module 6a, 6c or 6d is recommended.
As this is a course designed for third-semester students of the MA program “Languages and Cultures of South Asia” as well as for PhD students, successful completion of modules 4 or 5 as well as module 3a of this MA program is required. The completion of both module 4 and module 5 as well as of either module 6a, 6c or 6d is recommended.
Examination topics
Reading list
Specific reading materials will be indicated and made available at the beginning of the course, and after the completion of the sessions on the first and second topic, respectively.
Selected generally relevant literature for the first topic:
Editions
Vindhyeśvarīprasād Dvivedī (ed.), The Bhāshya of Praśastapāda: Together with the Nyāyakandalī of Śrīdhara. Benares: E.J. Lazarus, 1895.
Muni Sri Jambuvijayaji (ed.), Vaiśeṣikasūtra of Kaṇāda with the Commentary of Candrānanda. Baroda: Oriental Institute, 1961.
Anantalal Thakur (ed.), Bhaṭṭavādīndraracitavaiśeṣikavārtikakṛṣṇabhūpāla¬racita-trisūtrīprakāśājñā¬takartṛkavṛttibhir vilasitaṃ maharṣikaṇādapraṇītaṃ vaiśeṣika¬darśanam. Darbhanga 1985.
Secondary literature
Johannes Bronkhorst, “God’s Arrival in the Vaiśeṣika System”. Journal of Indian Philosophy 24.3 (1996), pp. 281–294.
George Chemparathy, “Theism and Early Vaiśeṣika System”. In: Gopinath Kaviraj Felicitation Volume. Lucknow 1965, pp. 109–125.
Erich Frauwallner, „Der ursprüngliche Anfang der Vaiśeṣika-Sūtren“. In: Nachgelassene Werke. Vol. 1: Aufsätze, Beiträge, Skizzen. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984, pp. 35–41.
Masaaki Hattori, “Kaṇāda (Ulūka, Kaṇabhakṣa, Kaṇabhuj, Kāśyapa)”. In: K. H. Potter, The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Vol. 2: The Tradition of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika up to Gaṅgeśa. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977, pp. 211–220.
Huan Huan He (何歡歡）, 勝論經. 北京: 商務印書館, 2018.
Jan E. M. Houben, “Liberation and Natural Philosophy in Early Vaiśeṣika: Some Methodological Problems. Asian Studies 48.2 (1994), pp. 711–748.
E. Kanakura （金倉 円照),インドの自然哲学. 京都: 平楽寺書店, 1971.
Annette Meuthrath, „Beobachtungen zur Komposition und Redaktionsgeschichte der Vaiśeṣikasūtras 1.1“. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens / Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies 43 (1999), pp. 109–137.
Kenichi Miyamoto (宮元啓一),ヴァイシェーシカ・スートラ: 古代インドの分析主義的実在論哲学. 京都: 臨川書店, 2009.
Masanobu Nozawa, “A Comparative Table of the Vaiśeṣikasūtra”. Memoirs of Numazu College of Technology 20 (1985), pp. 75–93.
Karin Preisendanz, “Vaiśeṣika”. In: Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.), Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Vol. 3. Leiden: Brill, 2011, pp. 699–718.
S. Sankaranarayanan, “Vaiśeṣika Catuḥsūtrī: A Historical Perspective”. Adyar Library Bulletin 65 (2001), pp. 1–56.
Walter Slaje (ed.), Śāstrārambha: Inquiries into the Preamble in Sanskrit. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008.
Hakuju Ui, The Vaiśeshika Philosophy. According to the Daśapadārtha-śāstra: Chinese text with introduction, translation and notes (tr. F. W. Thomas). Cambridge 1917.Selected generally relevant literature for the second topic:
Editions
Svami Yogindrananda (ed.), Nyāyabhūṣaṇa. Varanasi: Ṣaḍdarśana Prakāśana Pratiṣṭhānam, 1968.
S. Subrahmanya Sastri (ed.), Nyāyasāraḥ of Bhāsarvajña with the Commentaries Nyāyamuktāvalī of Aparārkadeva and Nyāyakalānidhi of Ānandānubhavācārya. Madras: Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, 1961.
Secondary literature
Gopikamohan Bhattacharyya, Studies in Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Theism. Calcutta: Sanskrit College, 1961.
C. Bulcke, The Theism of Nyaya-Vaisesika: Its Origin and Early Development. Delhi, Varanasi, Patna: Motilal Banarsidass, 1968.
Rafał Kłeczek, Authority and Religion in Bhāsarvajña’s Nyāyabhūṣaṇa. Unpublished paper. World Sanskrit Conference, Bangkok, 2015.
T. K. Narayanan, Nyāyasāra of Bhāsarvajña: A Critical Study. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 1992.
Gerhard Oberhammer, Wahrheit und Transzendenz. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984.
John Vattanky, S. J., “Aspects of Early Nyāya Theism.” Journal of Indian Philosophy 6 (1978), 393–404.Selected generally relevant literature for the third topic:
Editions
Commentaries on Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s Sāṃkhyakārikā
Commentaries on the Sāṃkhyapravacanasūtra
R. Ananthakrishna Sastri (ed.), Pāśupatasūtra with Pañcārthabhāṣya of Kauṇḍinya. [...]
(full list available in the PDF KoVo on our website: https://stb.univie.ac.at/studium/vorlesungsverzeichnis/
Selected generally relevant literature for the first topic:
Editions
Vindhyeśvarīprasād Dvivedī (ed.), The Bhāshya of Praśastapāda: Together with the Nyāyakandalī of Śrīdhara. Benares: E.J. Lazarus, 1895.
Muni Sri Jambuvijayaji (ed.), Vaiśeṣikasūtra of Kaṇāda with the Commentary of Candrānanda. Baroda: Oriental Institute, 1961.
Anantalal Thakur (ed.), Bhaṭṭavādīndraracitavaiśeṣikavārtikakṛṣṇabhūpāla¬racita-trisūtrīprakāśājñā¬takartṛkavṛttibhir vilasitaṃ maharṣikaṇādapraṇītaṃ vaiśeṣika¬darśanam. Darbhanga 1985.
Secondary literature
Johannes Bronkhorst, “God’s Arrival in the Vaiśeṣika System”. Journal of Indian Philosophy 24.3 (1996), pp. 281–294.
George Chemparathy, “Theism and Early Vaiśeṣika System”. In: Gopinath Kaviraj Felicitation Volume. Lucknow 1965, pp. 109–125.
Erich Frauwallner, „Der ursprüngliche Anfang der Vaiśeṣika-Sūtren“. In: Nachgelassene Werke. Vol. 1: Aufsätze, Beiträge, Skizzen. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984, pp. 35–41.
Masaaki Hattori, “Kaṇāda (Ulūka, Kaṇabhakṣa, Kaṇabhuj, Kāśyapa)”. In: K. H. Potter, The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Vol. 2: The Tradition of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika up to Gaṅgeśa. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977, pp. 211–220.
Huan Huan He (何歡歡）, 勝論經. 北京: 商務印書館, 2018.
Jan E. M. Houben, “Liberation and Natural Philosophy in Early Vaiśeṣika: Some Methodological Problems. Asian Studies 48.2 (1994), pp. 711–748.
E. Kanakura （金倉 円照),インドの自然哲学. 京都: 平楽寺書店, 1971.
Annette Meuthrath, „Beobachtungen zur Komposition und Redaktionsgeschichte der Vaiśeṣikasūtras 1.1“. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens / Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies 43 (1999), pp. 109–137.
Kenichi Miyamoto (宮元啓一),ヴァイシェーシカ・スートラ: 古代インドの分析主義的実在論哲学. 京都: 臨川書店, 2009.
Masanobu Nozawa, “A Comparative Table of the Vaiśeṣikasūtra”. Memoirs of Numazu College of Technology 20 (1985), pp. 75–93.
Karin Preisendanz, “Vaiśeṣika”. In: Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.), Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Vol. 3. Leiden: Brill, 2011, pp. 699–718.
S. Sankaranarayanan, “Vaiśeṣika Catuḥsūtrī: A Historical Perspective”. Adyar Library Bulletin 65 (2001), pp. 1–56.
Walter Slaje (ed.), Śāstrārambha: Inquiries into the Preamble in Sanskrit. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008.
Hakuju Ui, The Vaiśeshika Philosophy. According to the Daśapadārtha-śāstra: Chinese text with introduction, translation and notes (tr. F. W. Thomas). Cambridge 1917.Selected generally relevant literature for the second topic:
Editions
Svami Yogindrananda (ed.), Nyāyabhūṣaṇa. Varanasi: Ṣaḍdarśana Prakāśana Pratiṣṭhānam, 1968.
S. Subrahmanya Sastri (ed.), Nyāyasāraḥ of Bhāsarvajña with the Commentaries Nyāyamuktāvalī of Aparārkadeva and Nyāyakalānidhi of Ānandānubhavācārya. Madras: Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, 1961.
Secondary literature
Gopikamohan Bhattacharyya, Studies in Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Theism. Calcutta: Sanskrit College, 1961.
C. Bulcke, The Theism of Nyaya-Vaisesika: Its Origin and Early Development. Delhi, Varanasi, Patna: Motilal Banarsidass, 1968.
Rafał Kłeczek, Authority and Religion in Bhāsarvajña’s Nyāyabhūṣaṇa. Unpublished paper. World Sanskrit Conference, Bangkok, 2015.
T. K. Narayanan, Nyāyasāra of Bhāsarvajña: A Critical Study. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 1992.
Gerhard Oberhammer, Wahrheit und Transzendenz. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984.
John Vattanky, S. J., “Aspects of Early Nyāya Theism.” Journal of Indian Philosophy 6 (1978), 393–404.Selected generally relevant literature for the third topic:
Editions
Commentaries on Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s Sāṃkhyakārikā
Commentaries on the Sāṃkhyapravacanasūtra
R. Ananthakrishna Sastri (ed.), Pāśupatasūtra with Pañcārthabhāṣya of Kauṇḍinya. [...]
(full list available in the PDF KoVo on our website: https://stb.univie.ac.at/studium/vorlesungsverzeichnis/
Association in the course directory
MASK8a (KO a), Dissertantenseminar
Last modified: Fr 02.10.2020 10:49
(1) “The Beginning of the Vaiśeṣika(sūtra): A Study of the Traditional Conceptualizations of the Origin of the Vaiśeṣika Tradition and of the Interpretations of the Initial Sūtra-s in the Vaiśeṣikasūtra”
(2) “God, Religion and Religious Practice in the Āgamapariccheda of the Nyāyabhūṣaṇa”
(3) “The Notion of the Three Kinds of Suffering (ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika) in Classical and Medieval Sanskrit Literature”
The course participants are expected to prepare themselves for the meetings by working through the distributed materials and to actively involve themselves in class by means of focused questions and problematizations, original contributions to the discussion, the presentation of independently prepared translations, brief oral presentations, etc.