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Comment: Four Purusharthas in Indian tradition.

  • UPSC 2004
  • 20 marks
  • Indian Political Thought

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Purushartha means "the aim of a person". Indian tradition names four legitimate ends of human life: dharma, artha, kama and moksha. It is a theory of value, not a political doctrine, but it decides what place politics may claim in a good life.

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