Aktuelle Doktorarbeiten

Indology, Sanskrit

1. Andrey Klebanov: Texts composed while copying: A Critical Study of the Manuscripts of Selected Commentaries in the Kirātārjunīya, an Epic Poem in Sanskrit (defense July 2017)
2. Peter Pasedach: Bhagavatstutivarṇana or the Description of the Praise of the Divine. A Critical Edition of Text and Commentaries and Annotated Translation of the Sixth Canto of Ratnākara’s Haravijaya (defense February 2018)
3. Junglan Bang: Selected Chapters from the Tantrasadbhāva, based on the tradition of 11^th century Śaiva Sanskrit Manuscripts in Nepal (defense May 2018)
4. Ben Staiger: The Skanda Myth in the Skandapurāṇa – A Critical Edition and Study of Adhyāyas 163 to 165 (defense June 2018)
5. Julian Schott: Kāṇhapādasya Dohākoṣaḥ: Buddhist Tantric Poetry (defense November 2018)
6. Judith Unterdoerfler: Expressing Devotionalism while Copying Texts – A Critical Study of Selected Medieval Sanskrit Manuscripts (defense March 2019)
7. Daisy Cheung: Empowered by Mañjuvajra: A Study of Dīpaṃkarabhadra’s Guhyasamājamaṇḍalavidhi, a 9^th Century Indian Tantric Buddhist Ritual Text, and its legacy in India and Tibet (defense expected October 2019) 
8. Gaia Pintucci: Commentaries on the Amaruśataka (defense expected probably 2020)
9. Uwe Michelsen: Abhinanda's Kādambarīkathāsāra (start 2011)
10. Daniel Koch: Kṣemendra's Avadānakalpalatā(start 2014)
11. Jooyoung Lim: The transmission of Sāmkhya philosophy through manuscripts – a case study of South Indian multiple text manuscripts, with a new critical edition of Śākara’s Jayamaṅgalā (start  2014)
12. Kerstin Lindenberg: The Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī of Abhinavagupta: A Study of the Text and its Exegesis in Annotated Sanskrit Manuscripts (start 2017)
13. Anna Kavaleuskaya: Rituals and Knowledge Transmission Involving Manuscripts (as written texts and as objects) in Early Medieval Tantric Śaiva-Śakti Traditions (start 2017)
14. Hejung: A Study of Buddhist Philosophy on the Path to Realisation with Special Reference to the Description on Mokṣabhāgīya and Nirvedhabhāgīya (start 2017)
15. Sukhi Sran: Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Bhakti Practice: A Study of Mañjarī Sādhana (start 2017)
16. Charlyn Edwards: Bhavabhaṭṭa's Commentary on Herukābhidhānatantra Selected Chapters (start 2017)
17. Junwei Song: The section on apavarga(liberation) in Bhaṭṭa Jayanta's Nyāyamañjarī (start 2017)
18. Woonsaan: Adhyātmavidyā section of the Yogācārabhūmi: Critical Edition and Annotated Translation (start 2018)
19. Vladimir Angirov: Jñānaśrīmitra (start 2019)

 

Indology, Tamil

1. Suganya Anandakichenin: Kulacēkara Āḻvār and his Perumāḷ Tirumoḻi (defense April 2015; publication: My Sapphire-hued Lord, my Beloved! A complete, annotated translation of Kulacēkara Āḻvār’s Perumāḷ Tirumoḻi and of its Medieval Maṇipravāḷa Commentary by Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai with an Introduction, Suganya Anandakichenin, Collection Indologie 136, NETamil Series 2, École Française d’Extrême-Orient-Institut Français de Pondichéry, Pondichéry 2018)
2. Jonas Buchholz: Tiṇaimālai Nūṟṟaimpatu – Text and Tradition (defense March 2018)
3. Yiming Shen: Pirayōkavivēkam (start 2019)

 

Tibetology

1. Christine Boedler, “A Study of ’Jam-mgon Kong-sprul Blo-gros-mtha’-yas’s (1813–1899/90) rTen la nang gzhug ’bul ba’i lag len lugs srol kun gsal dri bral nor bu chu shel gyi me long (gZungs ’bul lag len)”
2. Guy Grizman, “A Study of the Rig ’dzin ’dus pa’i rgyud: A Core Tantric Scripture of the Ancient School of Tibetan Buddhism Revealed by the Treasure Discoverer Nyang-ral Nyi-ma-’od-zer (1136–1204) and Dealing with the Assemblage of Eight Vidyādharas (rig ’dzin brgyad) and the Cult of the Eight Pronouncements (bka’ brgyad)”
3. Tashi Wangdi, “Sanskritic Treasure Trove” (Legs sbyar bang mdzod): A Text-Critical Study of the Anthology of Sanskrit Verses Collected by A-mdo dGe-’dun-chos-’phel (1903–1951)”
4. Sonam Choden, “An Exposition of Tantric Buddhism: A Study of the Earliest Tibetan ‘Presentation of the Tantric Systems in General’ (rGyud sde spyi’i rnam gzhag) by Lo-chen Rin-chen-bzang-po (958–1055)”
5. Nicola Bajetta, “Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po’s ’Jam dpal gyi mtshan yang dag par brjod pa’i ’grel pa rnam gsum bshad pa: One of the Earliest Indigenous Tibetan Commentary on the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti”