on purusharthas, in particular debating dharma. The ancient Tamil moral literature of the Tirukkural focuses on the first three of the purusharthas (Dharma...

of love with or without sexual connotations. Kama is one of the four Purusharthas, which are the four objectives of human life. It is considered an essential...

today still found as an important element in various Folk Hindu streams. Purusharthas refers to the objectives of human life. Classical Hindu thought accepts...

anustubh-meter poetry verses. The text acknowledges the Hindu concept of Purusharthas, and lists desire, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment as one of the...

philosophy, where it is combined with four proper goals of human life (Purushartha), for fulfilment, happiness and spiritual liberation. Moreover, since...

with Rama about his killing. Rama explained to him about the various purusharthas and how everything was pre-ordained according to the kalachakra and granted...

important samskara, or a rite of passage. Hindu texts describe four purusharthas (goals of existence): dharma (righteousness), artha (wealth), kama (desire)...

this should be avoided. Kama (sensual pleasures) is one of the four purusharthas or aims of life (dharma, artha, kama, and moksha). The Hindu Kama Sutra...

more demanding yoga. One of the central concepts in Hinduism is that of Purushartha, which is defined as the objective or purpose of human existence. It...

ISBN 978-81-7628-000-6 Jain, Vijay K. (2012), Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya: Realization of the Pure Self, With Hindi and English Translation...

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Ashramas Brahmacarya Grihastha Vanaprastha Sannyasa Purusharthas Dharma Artha Kama Moksha Purusharthas Antahkarana Proof Guṇa Ahamkara Self-settledness Forbearance...

Shelly Verma as Director (Finance) & Chief Financial Officer, Baldeo Purushartha as Nominee Director, Bhaskar Choradia as Nominee Director, Vallabhbhai...

Kissinger Subject of a BBC "In Our Time" podcast The Arthashastra. Artha and Purushartha – Indian philosophical concepts Hindu philosophy History of espionage...

ordinary enjoyments of life regarded as one of the four ends of man (purusharthas). Karma A Sanskrit term that encompasses the entire cycle of cause and...

Mahabharata), or from history, It must help further the four goals of man (purusharthas), It must contain descriptions of cities, seas, mountains, moonrise and...

should not cook or eat at night. According to Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya: And, how can one who eats food without the light of the...

Flood clarifies that artha in ancient Hindu literature, as well as purushartha, is better understood as a goal of Man (not a man). In other words, it...

Mahabharata), or from history, It must help further the four goals of man (Purusharthas), It must contain descriptions of cities, seas, mountains, moonrise and...

L'inde des Lumières. Discours, histoire, savoirs (XVIIe-XIXe siècle), Purushartha 31, París, Éditions de l'EHESSS, 2013, pp. 53–78. Stuurman, S. (2000)...

(resources), Kama (pleasure) and Moksha (liberation). These bhavas are called 'purusharthas or 'aims in life.' The ancient mystics of India realized that the austere...

Philosophy, Editor: Oliver Learman, ISBN 0-415-17281-0, Routledge, Article on Purushartha, pp 443; The Hindu Kama Shastra Society (1925), The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana...

ISBN 978-81-903639-2-1 Jain, Vijay K. (2012), Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya, Vikalp Printers, ISBN 978-81-903639-4-5 Murthy, K. Krishna...

Ashramas Brahmacarya Grihastha Vanaprastha Sannyasa Purusharthas Dharma Artha Kama Moksha Purusharthas Antahkarana Proof Guṇa Ahamkara Self-settledness Forbearance...

individual. There are four possible aims to human life, known as the purusharthas (ordered from least to greatest): (i) Kāma (wish, desire, love and sensual...

realization, as through bhakti (devotion) and prapatti (self-surrender) Purushartha: The goal to be attained, as moksha or liberation from bondage. Viśiṣṭa...

ISBN 978-1-135-78857-5 Jain, Vijay K. (2012), Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya: Realization of the Pure Self, With Hindi and English Translation...

vow of sallekhanā at the end of his life. According to the Jain text, Purushartha Siddhyupaya, "sallekhana enable a householder to carry with him his wealth...

Ashramas Brahmacarya Grihastha Vanaprastha Sannyasa Purusharthas Dharma Artha Kama Moksha Purusharthas Antahkarana Proof Guṇa Ahamkara Self-settledness Forbearance...

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