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