A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism
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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