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 Who wrote the Ahirbudhnyasamhita? Reading selected passages from this text

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

• 140100 VO Developments of Buddhism in China
• 140147 VO The Murukan Phenomenon in South India
• 140543 UE The Significance of the Body in the Ascetic Traditions of India

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

• 140023 UE The Notions of Pramana and Naya in Akalanka's and Vidyanandin's Commentaries on the Tattvarthasutra

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