a. Required Modules

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

• 140315 SE Dharmakirtis Hetubindu 1
• 140373 SE Bhasarvajna's Nyayabhusana II

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

• 140063 UE Materials on ancient Indian epistemology: - on the duality of subject and object in Buddhism and Saivism
• 140374 VO Islamic (Sufi) movements on the Indian subcontinent until the end of the Delhi-Sultanat

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

• 140130 UE Candrakirti's Commentary on Aryadeva's Catuhsataka
• 140371 UE Readings in the Vaisesikasutra with Candrananda's Commentary II

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

• 140091 SE Hastisailamahatmya - The legend of the origin of the Varadarajasvami temple in Kanchi