a. Required Modules

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

• 140373 SE Classical Sankhya

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

• 140147 VO Introduction to the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy (Historical and Philosophical)
• 140194 VO [ en ] Religious Approaches to the Problem of Suffering - Western and Asian Perspectives
• 140241 UE The Allegory of the Blind Men and the Elephant in the Philosophic-Religious Traditions of South Asia

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

• 140078 UE The Notions of Pramana and Naya in the Early Commentaries on the Tattvarthasutra - Umasvati and Pujyapada
• 140293 UE Upanishadic Discussions - A Contest in Knowledge at the Sacrifice of the Videha Ruler Janaka
• 140371 UE [ en ] The General Characteristics of Bhakti - The First Chapter of Rupa Gosvamin's Bhaktirasamrtasindhu

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 Poetic Traditions of the Bhakti Movement
• 140200 SE Ashvaghosha's Buddhacarita - From the Hagiography of the Buddha to the Critique of Contemporary Systems of Salvation