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A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism

artha

purpose, goal, sake; means, wealth, achievement, success; in the broad sense: goal of life as embodied in the Hindu ethical system of four human aims to be realized in the life of a person, namely (1) dharma (duty, morality, religious observances), (2) artha in the narrow sense (wealth, prosperity, reputation or fame), (3) kāma (sensory and aesthetic fulfilment) and (4) (liberation, salvation).

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Artha from A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism. ISBN: 0-203-98618-0. Published: 2005–05–30. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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