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)

• 142139 SE [ en ] Introduction to the language and literature of the Vedas

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

• 142201 VO Inscriptions as witness for the history of culture and religion of premodern South Asia
• 142213 UE [ en ] The general definition of means of knowledge (pramana) according to Jayanta Bhatta's Nyayamanjari

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)

• 142214 UE [ en ] True Colors: The doctrine of the colours of the soul (lesya) in early Jaina Sanskrit Literature
• 142215 UE [ en ] Readings on the religious practice of the Srivaisnavas (Padmapurana Uttarakhanda 251ff.)

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)

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

Elective Module Groups (10 ECTS)

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

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

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)

Compulsory Module (10 ECTS)

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

• 142216 SE [ en ] Tribal literature and languages in 20th-century Eastern Himalayas: claiming recognition and rights

Alternative Compusory Modules Master's Colloquium (10 ECTS)

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

• 142178 KO [ en ] Colloquium on the philosophies and religions of South Asia for advanced students

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