14.03. South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

A. Bachelor Degree Programme - Languages and Culture of South Asia and Tibet

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

• 140021 PS 5 ECTS Mahabharata and Ramayana - Introduction to the Sanskrit Epics and Epic Studies
  Leitan, Fr 12:30-14:00 (15×)
• 140112 PS 5 ECTS Immortality in the Religious Traditions of India
  Schmücker, Mo 17:00-18:30 (13×)

M4: Introduction to Selected Fields of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

• 140103 PS 5 ECTS Theory and Methods of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
  Forgues, Tu 10:00-11:30 (13×)
• 140106 PS 5 ECTS An Overview of the Religious Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism
  Scheuermann, We 10:00-11:30 (15×)

M5: Introduction to Selected Fields of Modern South Asian Studies

• 140096 PS 5 ECTS Colonial Discourse and Colonial Praxis in the case of Sati
  Zachar, Th 15:15-18:15 (7×)
• 140115 PS 5 ECTS Cultural Transfer, Globalisation and Diaspora in Modern South Asian Studies
  Fuchs, Th 15:15-18:15 (7×)

3. Required Module incl. Bachelor's Papers

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

• 140022 BA 8 ECTS Analysis of Selected Films from India and Nepal - Philological Approaches
  Gaenszle, Tu 10:45-11:30 (13×)
• 140091 BA 7 ECTS Dharma Conflicts in the Pancatantra: Basics
  Maas, Tu 10:00-10:45 (13×)
• 140141 BA 8 ECTS Dharma Conflicts in the Pancatantra: Readings of Selected Passages
  Maas, Tu 09:15-10:00 (13×)
• 140339 BA 7 ECTS Analysis of Selected Films from India and Nepal - Cultural Studies
  Gaenszle, Tu 11:30-12:15 (13×)
• 140528 BA 7 ECTS Buddhist Models of Reality - Analysis and Interpretation
  Mathes, Th 12:30-13:15 (13×)
• 140529 BA 8 ECTS Buddhist Models of Reality - Selected Readings
  Mathes, Th 11:45-12:30 (13×)

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 15 ECTS Introduction to Classical Sanskrit II
  Kintaert, Mo 15:15-16:45 (13×), We 15:15-16:45 (15×)

M8a: Advanced Module on Classical Sanskrit as First Language

M12a: Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Sanskrit I

• 140173 UE 5 ECTS Rigvedic 'Hymns' to Agni, the God of the (Ritual) Fire - Old Vedic Poetry and Grammar
  Werba, Tu 08:15-09:45 (13×)
• 140484 UE 5 ECTS Urubhanga - Readings and Literary Background of a Sanskrit Play
  Trikha, Fr 09:00-10:30 (15×)

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 15 ECTS Introduction to Classical Tibetan II
  Schiller, Mo 13:30-15:00 (13×), We 13:30-15:00 (15×)

M8b: Advanced Module on Classical Tibetan as First Language

M12b: Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Tibetan I

• 140105 UE 5 ECTS [ bo en ] Elucidation of the Intention of the Muni - Sa skya Pandita's Treatise on the Practice and Theory of the Bodhisattva's Path
  Lama, Mo 10:00-11:30 (13×)
• 140506 UE 5 ECTS Historiographical Accounts of Eminent Buddhist Scholars
  Lasic, Tu 09:00-10:30 (13×)
• 140508 UE 5 ECTS [ bo en ] The 21 Praises of Tara
  Lama, We 13:30-15:00 (15×)

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 15 ECTS Introduction to Nepali II
  Chudal, Mo 12:00-13:30 (13×), We 12:00-13:30 (15×)

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

M12c: Modern Literary Genres and Forms of Language I

• 140130 UE 5 ECTS [ en hi ] Hindi Conversation
  Chudal, Th 08:15-09:45 (13×)
• 140148 UE 5 ECTS [ en hi ] Hinglish and its Use in Hindi Blogs
  Chudal, Th 11:45-13:15 (13×)

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 15 ECTS Introduction to Classical Sanskrit II
  Kintaert, Mo 15:15-16:45 (13×), We 15:15-16:45 (15×)

B2: APMG - Classical Tibetan as Second Language

M7b: Classical Tibetan as Second Language I

M11b: Classical Tibetan as Second Language II

• 140094 SAK 15 ECTS Introduction to Classical Tibetan II
  Schiller, Mo 13:30-15:00 (13×), We 13:30-15:00 (15×)

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 15 ECTS Introduction to Nepali II
  Chudal, Mo 12:00-13:30 (13×), We 12:00-13:30 (15×)

D2: APMG - Modern Tibetan as Second Language

M7d: Modern Tibetan as Second Language I

M11d: Modern Tibetan as Second Language II

• 140350 SAK 15 ECTS Introduction to Modern Tibetan II
  Draszczyk, Tu 15:15-16:45 (13×), Th 17:00-18:30 (13×)

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 5 ECTS [ en ] Religion and Politics among Uygurs and Tibetans During the Yuan Period
  Berounsky, Mo 23.04. 09:00-11:30, Tu 24.04. 11:45-14:15, We 25.04. 09:00-11:30, Th 26.04. 09:00-10:00, Fr 12:30-15:00 (2×), Mo 14.05. 17:00-20:00, Tu 15.05. 11:45-14:30, We 16.05. 17:00-20:00
• 140100 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy
  Tillemans, Th 13:30-15:00 (13×)
• 140122 VO 5 ECTS From Non-Alignment to Nuclear Power: Foreign Affairs of Independent India
  Traxl, Mo 09:00-10:00 (3×), We 16.05. 09:00-10:00, Tu 11:45-14:45 (2×), We 13:30-15:00 (3×), We 23.05. 17:00-18:30, Th 31.05. 09:00-11:30, Fr 12:30-14:30 (2×)
• 140147 VO 5 ECTS Aesthetics and Religion - An Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective on Arts and Poetics in East and West
  Amaladass, We 10:00-11:30 (7×), Mo 10:00-11:30 (5×)
• 140149 VO 5 ECTS Tibetan Medicine - Historical and Ethnomedical Perspectives
  Sabernig, Th 15:15-16:45 (13×)

M14: Culture - Language - Society B

• 140075 PS 5 ECTS Selected Chapters of the Explanatory Tantra of the rGyud bzhi
  Ploberger, Mo 17:00-18:30 (13×)
• 140169 PS 5 ECTS [ en ] Theory of Rasa. Aesthetics in Religious Practice in Precolonial India
  Graheli, Fr 10:45-12:15 (15×)
• 140483 PS 5 ECTS [ en ] Concepts of the Human Being in Early Ayurveda - Birth, Identity and Liberation
  Wujastyk, Th 10:00-11:30 (13×)

6. Group of Elective Modules - Applied Cultural Studies

M15a: Field Trip

• 140099 EX 10 ECTS Excursion: Sacred Topography in Yol Mo (Helambu)
  Mathes, Mo 17:00-18:30 (2×)

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 5 ECTS Dharmottara's Commentary on the Nyayabindu and its Tibetan Translation
  Lasic, Tu 10:45-12:15 (13×)

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 10 ECTS Candrakirti’s Prasannapada: Selected Readings
  MacDonald, Tu 12:00-13:30 (13×)

M5: Culture and History of Buddhism I

• 140118 SE 10 ECTS Tsong kha pa's Determination of the Object of Negation
  Tauscher, We 13:00-14:30 (15×)

M6: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism

• 140100 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy
  Tillemans, Th 13:30-15:00 (13×)

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 5 ECTS [ en ] Colloquium in Buddhist Studies
  Tillemans, We 15:15-16:45 (15×)
• 140504 KO 5 ECTS On Autographs and Ur-Texts - A Foray into Buddhist Literature II
  Krasser, Th 17:00-18:30 (13×)

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 10 ECTS Ritual and Politics in Nepal
  Gaenszle, Fr 10:00-11:30 (15×)

M7: Modern South Asian Languages - Practical Training

• 140119 UE 5 ECTS [ en hi ] Hindi in the Press
  Chudal, Fr 08:15-09:45 (15×)
• 140126 UE 5 ECTS [ en hi ] Dalits in Modern Hindi Prose
  Chudal, Tu 13:30-15:00 (13×)

M8: Modern South Asian Language Traditions

b. Alternative Required Modules

APM 5: Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures

• 140101 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] Cultural History of Muslims in India
  Hasnain, Mo 13:30-15:00 (6×), We 13:30-15:00 (6×)
• 140122 VO 5 ECTS From Non-Alignment to Nuclear Power: Foreign Affairs of Independent India
  Traxl, Mo 09:00-10:00 (3×), We 16.05. 09:00-10:00, Tu 11:45-14:45 (2×), We 13:30-15:00 (3×), We 23.05. 17:00-18:30, Th 31.05. 09:00-11:30, Fr 12:30-14:30 (2×)

APM 6: Cultures of the Larger Cultural Area

c. Master-Module

M9: Master's Colloquium

• 140344 KO 5 ECTS Colloqium in Modern South Asian Studies for Advanced Students
  Gaenszle, Th 13:30-15:05 (14×)

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 10 ECTS Paralokasiddhi - The Proof of a Further Existence according to the Carakasamhita and the Epistemology of Early Ayurveda
  Preisendanz, Th 10:00-11:30 (13×)

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

• 140100 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy
  Tillemans, Th 13:30-15:00 (13×)
• 140147 VO 5 ECTS Aesthetics and Religion - An Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective on Arts and Poetics in East and West
  Amaladass, We 10:00-11:30 (7×), Mo 10:00-11:30 (5×)
• 140543 UE 5 ECTS Yoga and Asceticism in Classical Kavya Literature
  Maas, Tu 12:30-13:55 (13×)
• 180064 VO-L 5 ECTS Ways of of thinking of Indien philosophy
  Böhler, Th 20:15-21:45 (14×)

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

• 140023 UE 5 ECTS The Epistemology of Nyaya according to the Nyayasutra and the Nyayabhashya - Characterisation and Number of the Means of Knowledge
  Preisendanz, Tu 10:00-11:30 (13×)
• 140173 UE 5 ECTS Rigvedic 'Hymns' to Agni, the God of the (Ritual) Fire - Old Vedic Poetry and Grammar
  Werba, Tu 08:15-09:45 (13×)
• 140539 UE 5 ECTS [ de en ] Mandalas - Construction, Usage and What they tell us about a tradition
  Rastelli, Th 16:00-17:30 (7×), Mo 11.06. 13:15-15:15, Tu 12.06. 14:00-16:00, We 13.06. 14:00-16:00, Th 14.06. 15:15-17:15, Fr 15.06. 12:00-14:00

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

b. Master-Modules

M8: Master's Colloquium

• 140542 KO 5 ECTS Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature II
  Preisendanz, We 10:30-12:00 (15×)

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 5 ECTS Rigvedic 'Hymns' to Agni, the God of the (Ritual) Fire - Old Vedic Poetry and Grammar
  Werba, Tu 08:15-09:45 (13×)

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

M4: Modern Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140119 UE 5 ECTS [ en hi ] Hindi in the Press
  Chudal, Fr 08:15-09:45 (15×)
• 140126 UE 5 ECTS [ en hi ] Dalits in Modern Hindi Prose
  Chudal, Tu 13:30-15:00 (13×)

M5: Philology and Hermeneutics of Ancient Indian Texts

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

• 140175 SE 10 ECTS To Teach a Monk to Be Aware of Women - The Fourth Chapter of the Second 'Member' of the Jaina Canon
  Werba, We 12:30-14:00 (15×)

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 5 ECTS Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature II
  Preisendanz, We 10:30-12:00 (15×)

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 5 ECTS [ bo en ] Modern Tibetan Focussing on Grammar and the Competence to Communicate II
  Lama, Fr 09:15-10:45 (15×)

M4: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet

• 140149 VO 5 ECTS Tibetan Medicine - Historical and Ethnomedical Perspectives
  Sabernig, Th 15:15-16:45 (13×)

M5: Philosophical-Religous Traditions of Tibet I

• 140095 SE 10 ECTS [ en ] Readings in the Lam rim chen mo of Tsong kha pa
  Tillemans, Th 10:00-11:30 (13×)

M6: Culture and History of Tibet I

• 140172 SE 10 ECTS The Biography of Rin chen bzang po
  Tauscher, We 17:00-18:30 (15×)

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 5 ECTS Colloquium on Tibetan Studies for Advanced Students
  Mathes, Fr 11:00-12:30 (15×)

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

1. Indology

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 5 ECTS From Non-Alignment to Nuclear Power: Foreign Affairs of Independent India
  Traxl, Mo 09:00-10:00 (3×), We 16.05. 09:00-10:00, Tu 11:45-14:45 (2×), We 13:30-15:00 (3×), We 23.05. 17:00-18:30, Th 31.05. 09:00-11:30, Fr 12:30-14:30 (2×)
• 140147 VO 5 ECTS Aesthetics and Religion - An Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Perspective on Arts and Poetics in East and West
  Amaladass, We 10:00-11:30 (7×), Mo 10:00-11:30 (5×)

M2: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet

• 140020 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Religion and Politics among Uygurs and Tibetans During the Yuan Period
  Berounsky, Mo 23.04. 09:00-11:30, Tu 24.04. 11:45-14:15, We 25.04. 09:00-11:30, Th 26.04. 09:00-10:00, Fr 12:30-15:00 (2×), Mo 14.05. 17:00-20:00, Tu 15.05. 11:45-14:30, We 16.05. 17:00-20:00
• 140149 VO 5 ECTS Tibetan Medicine - Historical and Ethnomedical Perspectives
  Sabernig, Th 15:15-16:45 (13×)

M3: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism

• 140100 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Indo-Tibetan Buddhism as Philosophy
  Tillemans, Th 13:30-15:00 (13×)

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