Contact Information

  • location_on
    Nagarjunanagar , Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522510, India
  • call
    (0863) 22346114 / phone_iphone 8632346114 - Registrar Peshi
  • mail_outline
    (0863) 2293320
  • email
  • web_asset
  • Approved By: UGC NAAC

M.A. (Buddhist Studies)


Duration:

2 Years

Eligibility:

Graduation

Course Duration: Two Year (Semester  System)

Course Eligibility : Graduation in any stream with at least 50 % marks or Equivqlent CGPA

Admission Criteria: Merit in qualifying examination, subject to eligibility criteria.

Entrance/Eligibility Test: As per University Rules

Programme Mode: Regular

Course Syllabus

Semester – I

Course Title

History of Indian Buddhism (6 th C.B.C. to 10 th C.A.D.)

Basic concepts of Buddhist Philosophy

Ethics of house holdersGruhasta Vinaya

History of Pali literature and selections from Texts. II nd

 

Semester – II

Selections from Mahayana Texts

Schools of Indian Buddhism

Buddhist Architecture in India

Buddhism and contemporary World

 

Semester – III

Buddhist Meditation

Buddhist Logic

Social and Political Philosophy of Acharya Nagarjuna

Buddhist Art and Iconography

 

Semester – IV

History of Buddhist Sanskrit Literature and selections from the Text

Buddhist Monuments of Tourist Importance in Andhra

Buddhism in Far Eastern Countries

Development of Buddhism in Andhra