142178 KO Colloquium on the philosophies and religions of South Asia for advanced students (2023S)
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 We 01.02.2023 08:00 to Tu 28.02.2023 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59
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max. 24 participants
Language: English
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The first meeting on Wednesday, March 8, will take place from 15:00 to 16:30!!
The course will be conducted on-site as long as this format will be possible per the pandemic-related rules communicated by the University.
- Wednesday 08.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 15.03. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 22.03. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 29.03. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 19.04. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 26.04. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Wednesday 03.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
- Wednesday 10.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
- Wednesday 17.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
- Wednesday 24.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
- Wednesday 31.05. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
- Wednesday 07.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
- Wednesday 14.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
- Wednesday 21.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
- Wednesday 28.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Information
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 fourth-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 fourth-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
All discussed contents
Reading list
Specific reading materials will be indicated and made available at the beginning of the course.
Selected generally relevant literature for the already determined topic (history of the Vaiśeṣika philosophical tradition):
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 already determined topic (history of the Vaiśeṣika philosophical tradition):
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.
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Upon notification of the instructor prior to the starting date of the course, additional thesis (MA or PhD) topics, no matter at which stage, in the area of philosophies and religions of South Asia may be freely introduced by the participants and will be assigned their own slots for joint discussion and study within the course.
The course participants are expected to thoroughly prepare for the meetings by working through the distributed materials and to actively involve themselves in class by means of focused questions and problematization, original contributions to the discussion, the presentation of independently prepared translations, brief oral presentations, etc.