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×)