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Puruṣārtha

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Śankara Bharadwaj Khandavalli and By Himanshu Bhatt

Puruṣārtha is purpose/fulfillment of life. By fulfilling Puruṣartha, man gets fulfillment for life as well as sustains the society. There are four Puruṣārthas:

Dharma is righteousness. Artha is wealth and Kāma is fulfillment of desire. Dharma should be the basis for Artha and Kāma. Both Artha and Kāma stand for how a righteous man should contribute to his society and mankind in general.

Self-realization (Moksha) is the aim and end of the soul[1] - Kalpasutra

The Puruṣārthas were also pursuits within non-traditional sects such as Buddhism and Jainism. The Jatakamala of Buddhism states that artha[2] is desirable only when allied with dharma for artha is the root of dharma and kāma is the dominant idea underlying household life.[3] Buddhism in the Mahāprajnaparamitopadesasastra[4] classified humans into four categories:[5] Kautilya the prime minister of Chandragupta Maurya, and himself a devout Jain, classified four pursuits of human life; Kāma, Artha, Dharma, and Mokṣa.[6]

  1. Those who seek love[7]
  2. Those who seek prosperity.[8]
  3. Those who see the eradication of karma (mokṣa).
  4. Those who seek knowledge.[9]


References[edit]

  1. ↑ “Swavimarshā purusharthā
  2. ↑ It refers to Prosperity here.
  3. ↑ P. 161 New Light on Early Buddhism By Balkrishna Govind Gokhale
  4. ↑ It is the Treatise on the Great Wisdom Perfection.
  5. ↑ P. 369-370 Buddhist Critical Spirituality: Prajñā and Śūnyatā By Shōhei Ichimura
  6. ↑ P. 369 Buddhist Critical Spirituality: Prajñā and Śūnyatā By Shōhei Ichimura
  7. ↑ It means kāma.
  8. ↑ Prosperity means artha.
  9. ↑ It means dharma.

Contributors to this article

Himanshu Bhatt, Deval Sancheti, Shankara Bharadwaj Khandavalli, Krishna Maheshwari

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