Maximilian Hoth, M.A.

Bhāskararāya's Śrīvidyā at the Tañjāvūr Marāṭhā Court (Ganser)

Since January 2026 Maximilian Hoth is a PhD candidate for Indology in the project Medieval and Early Modern Courts as Hubs of Textual Migration which is part of the Excellence Cluster project Cross-Cultural Philology at the LMU Munich.
Maximilian earned a MA Indology (Yoga Studies) in 2025 at Universität Hamburg with his thesis called Suṣuptiviveka - Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the Second Section of the Mātṛkācakraviveka by Svatantrānanda Nātha and its Commentary, which deals with the chapter on deep sleep in the medieval Śrīvidyā text Mātṛkācakraviveka. For the edition numerous manuscripts from South Indian manuscript libraries as well as printed editions of the text were utilized.
In 2023 he acquired a BA Indology and Japanese Studies at Universität Hamburg. His bachelor’s thesis called The Haṭhayogasaṃhitā – The Direct Precursor of the Gheraṇḍasaṃhitā? focuses on a comparative study of two Sanskrit texts in the corpus of Haṭhayoga, which closely resemble one another.
Maximilian’s research focuses on the study of medieval and early modern Haṭhayoga as well as Tantra texts of Hindu traditions that are written in Sanskrit and Hindi. His PhD project, building on this focus, investigates the ways in which the prolific author Bhāskararāya (ca. 1690-1785) and his votaries were involved with the royal Marāṭhā court of Śāhaji I. and Serfoji I. at Tañjāvūr in South India through the teachings of the Śrīvidyā tradition.
In addition, Maximilian specializes in the preservation and digitization of old and rare scriptural artifacts from South Asia.
Furthermore, he has taught Sanskrit at a beginner level in an academic context for several years.