Languages and Cultures of South Asia

a. Required Modules

M1: Language, Literature, and Religion of the Vedic Cultural Period

M2: Aspects of the History of Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy in South Asia

• 140107 UE [ en ] Practice and theory of Sanskrit verses: the twelve most used metrical structures
• 140241 VO Indian Ideas of God

b. Alternatively Required Modules 3: Philology and Textual Hermeneutics

APM3a: Philology and Textual Hermeneutics in the Field of the Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia I

• 140098 UE Selected Puranic Texts on Forest Hermits and Renouncers
• 140371 UE Concepts of the soul in Shaiva Tantra: a reading of Kiranatantra 1-3

APM3b: Ancient Indian Language Varieties and Literary Genres

c. Required Modules

M4: Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of the non-Brahmanical Traditions of Premedieval South Asia

M5: Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of the Classical and Medieval Cultural Periods of South Asia

d. Elective Module Group 6

M6 (PR): Philology, Textual Hermeneutics, and Cultural History for the Focus "Philosophies and Religions of South Asia" - M6a or M6c or M6d

M6a: Philology and Textual Hermeneutics in the Field of the Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia II

M6c: Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts

M6d: Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of South Asia in their Historical Development

M6 (SL): Philology, Textual Hermeneutics, and Cultural History for the Focus "Languages and Literatures of South Asia" - M6b or M6c or M6d

M6b: Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Middle Indic and Hybrid/Classical Texts

M6c: Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts

M6d: Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of South Asia in their Historical Development

e. Required Module

M7: Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of Modern South Asia

• 140185 SE Tradidtions of Poetry in the Bhakti Movement

f. Master-Module

Alternative Required Module 8

M8a: Master's Colloquium on Philosophy and Religion of South Asia

• 140126 KO Colloquium on the Philosophies and Religions of South Asia for Advanced Students

M8b: Master’s Colloquium on Language and Literature of South Asia

Required Module

M9: Master's Thesis in Languages and Cultures of South Asia

M10: Master's Examination