Universität Wien

14.03. South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

A. Bachelor Degree Programme - Languages and Culture of South Asia and Tibet
080198 AG Work Group: Methodology of field research in the Indo-Tibetan cultural zone
160223 VO Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
1. Orientation Period
M1: Introduction to the Degree Programme in "Languages and Culture of South Asia and Tibet"
2. Group of Required Modules - Fields of Work
M3: Introduction to Selected Fields of Indology
140090 PS Doctrines of God and Concepts of Salvation in Hinduism
140455 PS The role of the female in Hindu-Tantrism
M4: Introduction to Selected Fields of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies
140103 PS Theory, History and Methods in the Field of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
140550 PS On the relation between socio-political organisations and religious beliefs i. t. Tib. cultural area
M5: Introduction to Selected Fields of Modern South Asian Studies
140096 PS Anthropological Perspectives on the Urbanization in South Asia: - Three exemplary Case Studies from India, Nepal and Bhutan
140115 PS Ritual theory and rituals in India
3. Required Module incl. Bachelor's Papers
M18: Advanced Module on Philology and Culture Studies of South Asia and Tibet
140338 BA Poetics of Oral Traditions in South Asia I: Philological Approaches
140339 BA Poetics of Oral Traditions in South Asia II: Cultural Approaches
140500 BA sTag tshang lotsaba on the science of epistemology
140503 BA Epistemology in Tibet
140528 BA Selected Texts on Dependent-Arising (pratityasamutpada)
140529 BA Interpretations of Madhyamaka
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
140486 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
140104 UE Readings in Sankarasvamin's Nyayaprasvesa
140484 UE [en] Verbal Morphology of Vedic Sanskrit
140544 UE The Sadhaka in the tradition of Pancaratra
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
140164 UE [en] Old Tibetan
140506 UE Readings in Tibetan historiographic texts
140508 UE Readings in Tibetan religious biographies
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 [en] Introduction to Hindi II
M8c: Advanced Module on a Modern Indian Language as First Language
M12c: Modern Literary Genres and Forms of Language I
140130 UE [en] Nepali for Advanced Students II
140148 UE [en] Nepali Readings II: Selected Poems from Nepali literature
140521 UE Hindi for Advanced Students II: Grammatical Categories and Special Idiomatic Features
140526 UE Hindi Readings: Newspaper Readings on Cases of Rebirth
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
140486 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 [en] Introduction to Hindi 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
140100 VO Contemporary South Asia - politics, economy, global position
140105 VO Philosophy of Buddhism
140143 VO Women in Buddhism
140147 VO Gods Beyond Temples - Folk Forms of Divine Presence in Indian Tradition - Volkstümliche Formen der göttlichen Gegenwart in der indischen Tradit
140149 VO The Development of the Tibetan Tantric Cults
140155 VO The poetic and didactic literatures of Indian Buddhism A concise survey of the state of research
140159 VO Personhood and Kinship in South Asia
140536 VO [en] Buddhism among the Turks - History and Literature
140543 VO The tradition of Pancaratra
M14: Culture - Language - Society B
140075 PS Introduction to postcolonial studies focussing on India
140144 PS Women, Men and Religion in Contemporary Hindi Film
140483 PS The Sa skya-tradition
140527 PS The "life stages" (asrama) according to the Brahmanical Orthodoxy - (Investigations in the Dharmasastras)
140545 PS Indian Classical Dance
6. Group of Elective Modules - Applied Cultural Studies
M15a: Field Trip
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
080198 AG Work Group: Methodology of field research in the Indo-Tibetan cultural zone
160223 VO Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
1. Buddhist Studies
a. Required Modules
M1: Comparative Philology of Buddhist Tradition
140505 UE Readings in Mongolian Buddhist Texts
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 Study group: Jinendrabuddhi's Pramanasamuccayatika
140095 SE Tibetan Madhyamaka
140485 SE Reflexive awareness (svasamvedana) in the logico-epistemological tradition of Buddhism
M5: Culture and History of Buddhism I
140031 SE Saiva and Buddhist Tantra
140157 SE Sarvaraksita's Manicudajataka. - A specimen of the canonical language of the Sammitiya school of Indian Buddhism
140160 SE The Sutra of the Golden Light in its literary and religious context
M6: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism
140105 VO Philosophy of Buddhism
140143 VO Women in Buddhism
140155 VO The poetic and didactic literatures of Indian Buddhism A concise survey of the state of research
140536 VO [en] Buddhism among the Turks - History and Literature
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
140093 KO Colloquium for Ph.D. and Master Students
140504 KO Buddhist epistemology
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
140145 SE Women in Theory and Practice of Political Hinduism
140343 SE Historiography in Modern South Asia: Theories and Methods
M7: Modern South Asian Languages - Practical Training
140091 UE [en] Hindi and Urdu Literature
140119 UE [en] Hindi Conversation (advanced)
140126 UE [en] Hindi Readings: Jaya Shankar Prasad and his stories
M8: Modern South Asian Language Traditions
b. Alternative Required Modules
APM 5: Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures
140075 PS Introduction to postcolonial studies focussing on India
140105 VO Philosophy of Buddhism
140159 VO Personhood and Kinship in South Asia
APM 6: Cultures of the Larger Cultural Area
c. Master-Module
M9: Master's Colloquium
140344 KO Colloqium on 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
140031 SE Saiva and Buddhist Tantra
140092 SE Study group: Jinendrabuddhi's Pramanasamuccayatika
140485 SE Reflexive awareness (svasamvedana) in the logico-epistemological tradition of Buddhism
140540 SE Bhasarvajna's Nyayabhusana
M5: Aspects of the History of Philosophy and Religion of South Asia
140075 PS Introduction to postcolonial studies focussing on India
140105 VO Philosophy of Buddhism
140147 VO Gods Beyond Temples - Folk Forms of Divine Presence in Indian Tradition - Volkstümliche Formen der göttlichen Gegenwart in der indischen Tradit
140543 VO The tradition of Pancaratra
140544 UE The Sadhaka in the tradition of Pancaratra
M6: Advanced Philology and Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia
140539 UE Readings in the Vaisesikasutra with Candrananda's Commentary
M7: Philosophy and Religion in the Cultural History of South Asia and Tibet
b. Master-Modules
M8: Master's Colloquium
140542 KO Colloquium on Religion and Philosophy as Mirrored in Sanskrit literature for Advanced M.A. Students
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
140155 VO The poetic and didactic literatures of Indian Buddhism A concise survey of the state of research
M2: Ancient Indian Forms of Language/Literary Genres
140484 UE [en] Verbal Morphology of Vedic Sanskrit
M3: Middle Indian resp. Hybrid/Classical Forms of Language/Literary Genres
M4: Modern Forms of Language/Literary Genres
140091 UE [en] Hindi and Urdu Literature
140119 UE [en] Hindi Conversation (advanced)
140126 UE [en] Hindi Readings: Jaya Shankar Prasad and his stories
M5: Philology and Hermeneutics of Ancient Indian Texts
M6: Philology and Hermeneutics of Middle Indian resp. Hybrid/Classical Texts
140157 SE Sarvaraksita's Manicudajataka. - A specimen of the canonical language of the Sammitiya school of Indian Buddhism
140160 SE The Sutra of the Golden Light in its literary and religious context
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 Colloquium on Religion and Philosophy as Mirrored in Sanskrit literature for Advanced M.A. Students
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
140150 UE Modern Tibetan
140454 UE Modern Tibetan
M4: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet
140106 VO Shamanism in Central Asia
140149 VO The Development of the Tibetan Tantric Cults
M5: Philosophical-Religous Traditions of Tibet I
140095 SE Tibetan Madhyamaka
M6: Culture and History of Tibet I
140089 SE Investigations into the Sa skya legs bsad
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
140059 KO Tantric Literature
M9: Master's Thesis
M10: Master's Examination
1. Indology
080198 AG Work Group: Methodology of field research in the Indo-Tibetan cultural zone
160223 VO Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
1. Indology
080198 AG Work Group: Methodology of field research in the Indo-Tibetan cultural zone
160223 VO Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics
2. Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
D. Complementary Study Programmes (Minors)
EC1 South Asian Studies, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies
140105 VO Philosophy of Buddhism
140106 VO Shamanism in Central Asia
140149 VO The Development of the Tibetan Tantric Cults
140159 VO Personhood and Kinship in South Asia
140536 VO [en] Buddhism among the Turks - History and Literature
M1: Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures
M2: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet
M3: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism
EC2 South Asian Studies
M1 Introduction to South Asian Studies
M2: Basics of Cultural History
EC3 Tibetology and Buddhist Studies
M1 Introduction to Tibetology and Buddhist Studies
M2: Basics of Cultural History

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