Master Languages and Cultures of South Asia (697)

Compulsory Modules (20 ECTS)

M1 SLRV Language, Literature, and Religion of the Vedic Cultural Period (10 ECTS)

M2 ASLRP Aspects of the History of Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy in South Asia (10 ECTS)

Alternative Compulsory Modules Philology and Textual Hermeneutics (10 ECTS)

APM3a PT1 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics in the Field of the Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia I (10 ECTS)

APM3b PT2 Ancient Indian Language Varieties and Literary Genres (10 ECTS)

Compulsory Modules (20 ECTS)

M4 SLRPV Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of the non-Brahmanical Traditions of Premedieval South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 142175 SE 10 ECTS [ en ] The outline of Advaitavedanta in the works of the Jaina scholar Vidyanandin
  Trikha

M5 SLRPKM Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of the Classical and Medieval Cultural Periods of South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 142540 SE 10 ECTS [ en ] Udayana, founding father of Navya Nyaya, as a commentator - Selected topics from the Nyayavarttikatatparyaparisuddhi and Kiranavali
  Preisendanz

Elective Module Groups (10 ECTS)

M6 PR Philology, Textual Hermeneutics, and Cultural History for the Focus Philosophies and Religions of South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 142151 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] Jayantabhatta’s Nyayamanjari: Selected readings on the epistemology of medieval Nyaya II
  Preisendanz

M6a PTK1 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics in the Field of the Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia II (10 ECTS)

• 142162 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] Yoga in the tantric traditions - yogic physiology and regulation of breath across doctrinal and geographical boundaries
  Rastelli

M6c PTK3 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts (10 ECTS)

M6d PTK4 Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of South Asia in their Historical Development (10 ECTS)

• 142159 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Cosmic order, moral duty, religious practice: Ancient Indian sources on the notion of dharma
  Ferrante, Tu 17:00-19:00 (10×)
• 142312 UE 5 ECTS Dharma and the causes of suffering in Ayurveda
  Angermeier

M6 SL Philology, Textual Hermeneutics, and Cultural History for the Focus Languages and Literatures of South Asia (10 ECTS)

M6b PTK2 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Middle Indic and Hybrid/Classical Texts (10 ECTS)

M6c PTK3 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts (10 ECTS)

M6d PTK4 Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of South Asia in their Historical Development (10 ECTS)

• 142159 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Cosmic order, moral duty, religious practice: Ancient Indian sources on the notion of dharma
  Ferrante, Tu 17:00-19:00 (10×)
• 142299 UE 5 ECTS Pali: Introduction to the language of the Buddhist canon
  Ferstl

Compulsory Module (10 ECTS)

M7 SLRPN Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of Modern South Asia (10 ECTS)

Alternative Compusory Modules Master's Colloquium (10 ECTS)

M8a MKPR Master's Colloquium on Philosophy and Religion of South Asia (10 ECTS)

• 142178 KO 5 ECTS [ en ] Colloquium on the Philosophies and Religions of South Asia for Advanced Students
  Preisendanz

M8b MKSL Master’s Colloquium on Language and Literature of South Asia (10 ECTS)