• Arthashastra (redirect from Artha Shastra)
    "political science" or "economic science" or simply "statecraft", as the word artha (अर्थ) is polysemous in Sanskrit; the work has a broad scope. It includes...
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  • as Yoga-shastra, Nyaya-shastra, Dharma-shastra, Koka- or Kama-shastra, Moksha-shastra, Artha-shastra, Alamkara-shastra (rhetoric), Kavya-shastra (poetics)...
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    Bhavishya purana (mostly architecture, some sections on arts) Alankara shastra Artha shastra (general crafts such as windows and doors, as well as public utilities)...
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  • Artha (/ˈɑːrtə, -θə/; Sanskrit: अर्थ; Pali: Attha, Tamil: பொருள், poruḷ) is one of the four goals or objectives of human life in Hindu traditions. It...
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    two words, "Nāṭya" and "Śhāstra". The root of the Sanskrit word Nāṭya is Naṭa (नट) which means "act, represent". The word Śhāstra (शास्त्र) means "precept...
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    cosmic concert. Artha – signifies the "means of life", activities and resources that enables one to be in a state one wants to be in. Artha incorporates...
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  • age, he is taught the holy scriptures on topics such as dharma, karma, artha, jñāna, and undertakes military training under the care of the Parashurama...
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  • dharma level, this includes many chapters of Yogasutras. Artha: Artha-related texts discuss artha from individual, social and as a compendium of economic...
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  • The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Sanskrit: बृहत् पराशर होरा शास्त्र; IAST: bṛhat parāśara horā śāstra; abbreviated to BPHS) is the most comprehensive...
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  • The Alankara Shastra is the traditional Indian science of aesthetics that deals with the principles and techniques of literary composition and ornamentation...
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    destined to die at the age of sixteen. Markandeya mastered the Vedas and the Shastras and grew up to be a great devotee of Shiva. Learning his fate from his...
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    Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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    Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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  • studies gave rise to the Dharma-sutras, which later expanded into Dharma-shastras. The Dharmasutras were numerous, but only four texts have survived into...
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  • Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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  • post-Mauryan age, Kamandhaka authored 'Neeti Saara' based on Kautilya's Artha Shastra and serves as an important literary source of Guptan age. It was translated...
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  • Sutras and Shastras of the six schools of Hindu philosophy: Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. The Sutras and Shastras texts were...
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    Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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    Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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  • Samhita may refer to any methodical collection of text or verses: Any shastra, sutra, or Sanskrit Epic, along with Vedic texts, might be referred to...
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    sound form." According to Galewicz, Sayana saw the purpose (artha) of the Veda as the "artha of carrying out sacrifice," giving precedence to the Yajurveda...
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  • theoretical models within Manusmriti rely on at least two shastras that pre-date it: artha (statecraft and legal process) and dharma (an ancient Indian...
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    Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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    Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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    chronology. The oldest surviving manuscript of the Moksopaya (or Moksopaya Shastra) has been dated to have been composed in Srinagar in the 10th century AD...
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    status of the Fifth Veda in the Hindu tradition. For example, the Natya Shastra, a Sanskrit text on the performing arts, is also so claimed. Merriam-Webster's...
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    Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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  • sixty-four monism (advaita) Agama texts. The Bhairava Shastras are monistic, while Shiva Shastras are dualistic. A similar breadth of diverse views is...
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    Anthadhi Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Vinayagar Agaval Shastras and sutras Dharma Shastra Artha Shastra Kamasutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras...
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