14.03. South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

140021 PS Mahabharata and Ramayana - Introduction to the Sanskrit Epics and Epic Studies

140112 PS Immortality in the Religious Traditions of India

M4: Introduction to Selected Fields of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

140103 PS Theory and Methods of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

140106 PS An Overview of the Religious Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism

M5: Introduction to Selected Fields of Modern South Asian Studies

140096 PS Colonial Discourse and Colonial Praxis in the case of Sati

140115 PS Cultural Transfer, Globalisation and Diaspora in Modern South Asian Studies

3. Required Module incl. Bachelor's Papers

M18: Advanced Module on Philology and Culture Studies of South Asia and Tibet

140022 BA Analysis of Selected Films from India and Nepal - Philological Approaches

140091 BA Dharma Conflicts in the Pancatantra: Basics

140141 BA Dharma Conflicts in the Pancatantra: Readings of Selected Passages

140339 BA Analysis of Selected Films from India and Nepal - Cultural Studies

140528 BA Buddhist Models of Reality - Analysis and Interpretation

140529 BA Buddhist Models of Reality - Selected Readings

4. Alternative Groups of Required Modules

4.1. APMG - First Language

A1: APMG - Sanskrit as First Language

M2a: Classical Sanskrit as First Language I

M6a: Classical Sanskrit as First Language II

140090 SAK Introduction to Classical Sanskrit II

M8a: Advanced Module on Classical Sanskrit as First Language

M12a: Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Sanskrit I

140173 UE Rigvedic 'Hymns' to Agni, the God of the (Ritual) Fire - Old Vedic Poetry and Grammar

140484 UE Urubhanga - Readings and Literary Background of a Sanskrit Play

M17a: Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Sanskrit II

B1: APMG - Classical Tibetan as First Language

M2b: Classical Tibetan as First Language I

M6b: Classical Tibetan as First Language II

140094 SAK Introduction to Classical Tibetan II

M8b: Advanced Module on Classical Tibetan as First Language

M12b: Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Tibetan I

140105 UE [bo en] Elucidation of the Intention of the Muni - Sa skya Pandita's Treatise on the Practice and Theory of the Bodhisattva's Path

140506 UE Historiographical Accounts of Eminent Buddhist Scholars

140508 UE [bo en] The 21 Praises of Tara

M17b: Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Tibetan II

C1: APMG - Modern Indian Language as First Language

M2c: Modern Indian Language as First Language I

M6c: Modern Indian Language as First Language II

140116 SAK Introduction to Nepali II

M8c: Advanced Module on a Modern Indian Language as First Language

M12c: Modern Literary Genres and Forms of Language I

140130 UE [en hi] Hindi Conversation

140148 UE [en hi] Hinglish and its Use in Hindi Blogs

M17c: Modern Literary Genres and Forms of Language II

4.2. APMG - Second Language

A2: APMG - Sanskrit as Second Language

M7a: Classical Sanskrit as Second Language I

M11a: Classical Sanskrit as Second Language II

140090 SAK Introduction to Classical Sanskrit II

B2: APMG - Classical Tibetan as Second Language

M7b: Classical Tibetan as Second Language I

M11b: Classical Tibetan as Second Language II

140094 SAK Introduction to Classical Tibetan II

C2: APMG - Modern Indian Language as Second Language

M7c: Modern Indian Language as Second Language I

M11c: Modern Indian Language as Second Language II

140116 SAK Introduction to Nepali II

D2: APMG - Modern Tibetan as Second Language

M7d: Modern Tibetan as Second Language I

M11d: Modern Tibetan as Second Language II

140350 SAK Introduction to Modern Tibetan II

5. Group of Elective Modules - Cultural History

M9: Basics of Cultural History A

M10: Basics of Cultural History B

M13: Culture - Language - Society A

140020 VO [en] Religion and Politics among Uygurs and Tibetans During the Yuan Period

140100 VO [en] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy

140122 VO From Non-Alignment to Nuclear Power: Foreign Affairs of Independent India

140147 VO Aesthetics and Religion - An Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective on Arts and Poetics in East and West

140149 VO Tibetan Medicine - Historical and Ethnomedical Perspectives

M14: Culture - Language - Society B

140075 PS Selected Chapters of the Explanatory Tantra of the rGyud bzhi

140169 PS [en] Theory of Rasa. Aesthetics in Religious Practice in Precolonial India

140483 PS [en] Concepts of the Human Being in Early Ayurveda - Birth, Identity and Liberation

6. Group of Elective Modules - Applied Cultural Studies

M15a: Field Trip

140099 EX Excursion: Sacred Topography in Yol Mo (Helambu)

M15b: Regional Cultures

M16a: Advanced Module on Classical Sanskrit as Second Language

M16b: Advanced Module on Classical Tibetan as Second Language

M16c: Advanced Module on a Modern Indian Language as Second Language

M16d: Advanced Module on Modern Tibetan as Second Language

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

1. Buddhist Studies

a. Required Modules

M1: Comparative Philology of Buddhist Tradition

140170 UE Dharmottara's Commentary on the Nyayabindu and its Tibetan Translation

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

b. Alternative Required Module 3

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

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

c. Required Modules

M4: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Buddhism I

140092 SE Candrakirti’s Prasannapada: Selected Readings

M5: Culture and History of Buddhism I

140118 SE Tsong kha pa's Determination of the Object of Negation

M6: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism

140100 VO [en] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy

d. Alternative Required Module 7

APM 7a: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Buddhism II

APM 7b: Culture and History of Buddhism II

e. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium in Buddhist Studies

140120 KO [en] Colloquium in Buddhist Studies

140504 KO On Autographs and Ur-Texts - A Foray into Buddhist Literature II

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

2. Modern South Asian Culture and Society

a. Required Modules

M1: Modern South Asian Society

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

M3: Modern South Asian Culture Studies - Practical Training

M4: Modern South Asian History

140343 SE Ritual and Politics in Nepal

M7: Modern South Asian Languages - Practical Training

140119 UE [en hi] Hindi in the Press

140126 UE [en hi] Dalits in Modern Hindi Prose

M8: Modern South Asian Language Traditions

b. Alternative Required Modules

APM 5: Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures

140101 UE [en] Cultural History of Muslims in India

140122 VO From Non-Alignment to Nuclear Power: Foreign Affairs of Independent India

APM 6: Cultures of the Larger Cultural Area

c. Master-Module

M9: Master's Colloquium

140344 KO Colloqium in Modern South Asian Studies for Advanced Students

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

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

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

M4: Core Issues of Philosophy and Religion of South Asia

140540 SE Paralokasiddhi - The Proof of a Further Existence according to the Carakasamhita and the Epistemology of Early Ayurveda

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

140100 VO [en] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy

140147 VO Aesthetics and Religion - An Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective on Arts and Poetics in East and West

140543 UE Yoga and Asceticism in Classical Kavya Literature

180064 VO-L Ways of of thinking of Indien philosophy

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

140023 UE The Epistemology of Nyaya according to the Nyayasutra and the Nyayabhashya - Characterisation and Number of the Means of Knowledge

140173 UE Rigvedic 'Hymns' to Agni, the God of the (Ritual) Fire - Old Vedic Poetry and Grammar

140539 UE [de en] Mandalas - Construction, Usage and What they tell us about a tradition

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

b. Master-Modules

M8: Master's Colloquium

140542 KO Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature II

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

4. Languages and Literatures of South Asia

a. Required Modules

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

M2: Ancient Indian Forms of Language/Literary Genres

140173 UE Rigvedic 'Hymns' to Agni, the God of the (Ritual) Fire - Old Vedic Poetry and Grammar

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

M4: Modern Forms of Language/Literary Genres

140119 UE [en hi] Hindi in the Press

140126 UE [en hi] Dalits in Modern Hindi Prose

M5: Philology and Hermeneutics of Ancient Indian Texts

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

140175 SE To Teach a Monk to Be Aware of Women - The Fourth Chapter of the Second 'Member' of the Jaina Canon

M7: Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts and Traditions

b. Master-Module

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

140542 KO Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature II

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

5. Tibetology

a. Required Modules

M1: Introduction to an Additional Language of the Cultural Area

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

M3: Modern Tibetan

140019 UE [bo en] Modern Tibetan Focussing on Grammar and the Competence to Communicate II

M4: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet

140149 VO Tibetan Medicine - Historical and Ethnomedical Perspectives

M5: Philosophical-Religous Traditions of Tibet I

140095 SE [en] Readings in the Lam rim chen mo of Tsong kha pa

M6: Culture and History of Tibet I

140172 SE The Biography of Rin chen bzang po

b. Alternative Requirede Module

APM 7a: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet II

APM 7b: Culture and History of Tibet II

c. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium on Tibetology

140093 KO Colloquium on Tibetan Studies for Advanced Students

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

1. Indology

2. Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

D. Complementary Study Programmes (Minors)

CSP1 South Asian Studies, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

M1: Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures

140122 VO From Non-Alignment to Nuclear Power: Foreign Affairs of Independent India

140147 VO Aesthetics and Religion - An Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective on Arts and Poetics in East and West

M2: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet

140020 VO [en] Religion and Politics among Uygurs and Tibetans During the Yuan Period

140149 VO Tibetan Medicine - Historical and Ethnomedical Perspectives

M3: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism

140100 VO [en] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy

CSP2 South Asian Studies

M1 Introduction to South Asian Studies

M2: Basics of Cultural History

CSP3 Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

M1 Introduction to Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

M2: Basics of Cultural History

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