B. Master Degree Programmes in Indology, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

1. Buddhist Studies

a. Required Modules

M1: Comparative Philology of Buddhist Tradition

• 140245 UE 5 ECTS Introduction to Classical Literary Mongolian
  Laine, Tu 15:15-16:45 (14×)
• 140305 UE 5 ECTS From Vada to Epistemology
  Krasser, Th 15:15-16:45 (14×)

M2: Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Buddhism outside of South Asia

• 140253 UE 5 ECTS Selected Passages on the Topic of Bodhicitta
  MacDonald, Tu 13:30-15:00 (15×)
• 140285 UE 5 ECTS [ bo en ] Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika - Selected Readings from the 2nd Chapter (Anumana)
  Lama, Mo 10:00-11:30 (15×)

b. Alternative Required Module 3

APM 3a: Introduction to an Additional Language of the Cultural Area

• 140139 VO+UE 10 ECTS Introduction to Modern Tibetan I
  Geisler, Fr 10:00-11:30 (12×), Tu 10:00-11:30 (15×)
• 140140 UE 5 ECTS Practice for Introduction to Modern Tibetan
  Draszczyk, We 17:00-18:30 (14×)
• 140170 UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] Practice for Introduction to Hindi
  Chudal, We 08:15-09:45 (14×)
• 140280 VO+UE 10 ECTS [ de en ] Introduction to Hindi I
  Chudal, Fr 08:15-09:45 (12×), Mo 08:15-09:45 (15×)

APM 3b: Advanced Philology and Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of the Cultural Area

• 140078 UE 5 ECTS The Notions of Pramana and Naya in the Early Commentaries on the Tattvarthasutra - Umasvati and Pujyapada
  Trikha, We 13:30-15:00 (14×)
• 140293 UE 5 ECTS Upanishadic Discussions - A Contest in Knowledge at the Sacrifice of the Videha Ruler Janaka
  Werba, Tu 12:15-13:45 (15×)
• 140298 UE 5 ECTS Introduction to Pali
  Werba, We 11:45-13:15 (14×)
• 140371 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] The General Characteristics of Bhakti - The First Chapter of Rupa Gosvamin's Bhaktirasamrtasindhu
  Graheli, Mo 11:45-13:15 (15×)

c. Required Modules

M4: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Buddhism I

M5: Culture and History of Buddhism I

M6: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism

d. Alternative Required Module 7

APM 7a: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Buddhism II

• 140200 SE 10 ECTS Ashvaghosha's Buddhacarita - From the Hagiography of the Buddha to the Critique of Contemporary Systems of Salvation
  Eltschinger, Fr 13:30-15:00 (12×)

APM 7b: Culture and History of Buddhism II

e. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium in Buddhist Studies

• 140152 KO 5 ECTS Colloquium in Buddhist Studies for Advanced Students
  Krasser

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

2. Modern South Asian Culture and Society

a. Required Modules

M1: Modern South Asian Society

• 140105 SE 10 ECTS India in the Light of Psychological and Psychoanalytical Texts
  Hartnack, Fr 13:30-15:00 (12×)

M2: Basics of the History of Culture and Ideas of Modern South Asia

• 140202 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Scheduled Tribes in India - Changing Perspectives
  Nayak, Tu 11:45-13:15 (15×)
• 140234 UE 5 ECTS Ethnic Movements in South Asia
  Gaenszle, Tu 10:00-11:30 (15×)

M3: Modern South Asian Culture Studies - Practical Training

• 140115 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] Marginalisation, Maoism and the State in Central India
  Nayak, We 13:30-15:00 (14×)
• 140277 UE 5 ECTS The Sacred in the Urban Architecture of North India, Nepal and Bhutan
  Tautscher, Tu 13:30-16:45 (7×)

M4: Modern South Asian History

M7: Modern South Asian Languages - Practical Training

M8: Modern South Asian Language Traditions

• 140185 SE 10 ECTS Poetic Traditions of the Bhakti Movement
  Gaenszle, Th 11:45-13:15 (14×)

b. Alternative Required Modules

APM 5: Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures

APM 6: Cultures of the Larger Cultural Area

c. Master-Module

M9: Master's Colloquium

• 140311 KO 5 ECTS Colloquium in Modern South Asian Studies for Advanced Students
  Gaenszle, Fr 11:45-13:15 (12×)

M10: Master's Thesis

M11: Master's Examination

3. Philosophies and Religions of South Asia

a. Required Modules

M1: History and Teachings of a Selected Philosophical-Religious Tradition of South Asia

• 140373 SE 10 ECTS Classical Sankhya
  Maas, Mo 13:30-15:00 (15×)

M2: Philosophy and Religion of South Asia, Past and Present

• 140147 VO 5 ECTS Introduction to the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy (Historical and Philosophical)
  Tauscher, Th 13:30-15:00 (13×)
• 140194 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Religious Approaches to the Problem of Suffering - Western and Asian Perspectives
  Higgins, Tu 11:45-13:15 (15×)
• 140241 UE 5 ECTS The Allegory of the Blind Men and the Elephant in the Philosophic-Religious Traditions of South Asia
  Trikha, We 10:00-11:30 (14×)

M3: Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia

• 140078 UE 5 ECTS The Notions of Pramana and Naya in the Early Commentaries on the Tattvarthasutra - Umasvati and Pujyapada
  Trikha, We 13:30-15:00 (14×)
• 140293 UE 5 ECTS Upanishadic Discussions - A Contest in Knowledge at the Sacrifice of the Videha Ruler Janaka
  Werba, Tu 12:15-13:45 (15×)
• 140371 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] The General Characteristics of Bhakti - The First Chapter of Rupa Gosvamin's Bhaktirasamrtasindhu
  Graheli, Mo 11:45-13:15 (15×)

M4: Core Issues of Philosophy and Religion of South Asia

M5: Aspects of the History of Philosophy and Religion of South Asia

M6: Advanced Philology and Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia

M7: Philosophy and Religion in the Cultural History of South Asia and Tibet

• 140185 SE 10 ECTS Poetic Traditions of the Bhakti Movement
  Gaenszle, Th 11:45-13:15 (14×)
• 140200 SE 10 ECTS Ashvaghosha's Buddhacarita - From the Hagiography of the Buddha to the Critique of Contemporary Systems of Salvation
  Eltschinger, Fr 13:30-15:00 (12×)

b. Master-Modules

M8: Master's Colloquium

• 140271 KO 5 ECTS Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature
  Rastelli, Fr 16:30-18:00 (12×)

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

4. Languages and Literatures of South Asia

• 160095 VO 5 ECTS Historical grammar of Vedic
  Malzahn, Mo 11:45-13:15 (16×)

a. Required Modules

M1: Aspects of Language and Literature in the History of South Asia

• 140131 VO 5 ECTS The Family of the Indo-Iranian Languages - Diversity and Common Heritage
  Werba, Th 10:00-11:30 (14×)
• 140288 VO 5 ECTS The Vedas - A History of Old Indian Literature
  Werba, Tu 10:00-11:30 (15×)

M2: Ancient Indian Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140293 UE 5 ECTS Upanishadic Discussions - A Contest in Knowledge at the Sacrifice of the Videha Ruler Janaka
  Werba, Tu 12:15-13:45 (15×)

M3: Middle Indian resp. Hybrid/Classical Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140298 UE 5 ECTS Introduction to Pali
  Werba, We 11:45-13:15 (14×)

M4: Modern Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140103 UE 5 ECTS [ en hi ] Marriage and Divorce in Hindi Literature and Cinema
  Chudal, Th 08:15-09:45 (14×)

M5: Philology and Hermeneutics of Ancient Indian Texts

M6: Philology and Hermeneutics of Middle Indian resp. Hybrid/Classical Texts

M7: Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts and Traditions

• 140185 SE 10 ECTS Poetic Traditions of the Bhakti Movement
  Gaenszle, Th 11:45-13:15 (14×)

b. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium on the Languages and Literatures of South Asia

• 140271 KO 5 ECTS Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature
  Rastelli, Fr 16:30-18:00 (12×)

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

5. Tibetology

a. Required Modules

M1: Introduction to an Additional Language of the Cultural Area

• 140095 UE 5 ECTS Practice for Introduction to Classical Sanskrit
  Leitan, Fr 11:45-13:15 (12×)
• 140170 UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] Practice for Introduction to Hindi
  Chudal, We 08:15-09:45 (14×)
• 140280 VO+UE 10 ECTS [ de en ] Introduction to Hindi I
  Chudal, Fr 08:15-09:45 (12×), Mo 08:15-09:45 (15×)
• 140376 VO+UE 10 ECTS Introduction to Classical Sanskrit I
  Prets, Mo 15:15-16:45 (15×), We 15:15-16:45 (14×)

M2: Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet

• 140253 UE 5 ECTS Selected Passages on the Topic of Bodhicitta
  MacDonald, Tu 13:30-15:00 (15×)
• 140285 UE 5 ECTS [ bo en ] Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika - Selected Readings from the 2nd Chapter (Anumana)
  Lama, Mo 10:00-11:30 (15×)

M3: Modern Tibetan

• 140141 UE 5 ECTS [ bo en ] Modern Tibetan Focussing on Grammar and the Competence to Communicate I
  Lama, Th 11:45-13:15 (14×)

M4: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet

M5: Philosophical-Religous Traditions of Tibet I

M6: Culture and History of Tibet I

b. Alternative Requirede Module

APM 7a: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet II

APM 7b: Culture and History of Tibet II

• 140153 SE 10 ECTS Tibet of Imperial Times - Chronology, Political Structure, Ritual
  Hazod, Mo 12:00-15:00 (7×)

c. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium on Tibetology

• 140259 KO 5 ECTS Colloquium in Tibetan Studies for Advanced Students
  Tauscher, We 15:15-16:45 (14×)

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination