Dharma artha kama moksha: 40 insights into happiness

By:

Pattanaik, Devdutt

Publication details: Harper Collins, 2021. Noida;Description: 199pISBN:

9789354224447

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

294.51 PAT/D

Summary: Artha-shastra is about generating food, i.e. wealth, by creating goods and services; Kama-shastra is about indulging our hungers with this food. Dharma-shastra insists we consider the hunger of others, while Moksha-shastra is about outgrowing our hungers, in order to be detached and generous. Together, these four Hindu shastras provide a framework within which human action, its purposes and consequences, can be defined; together, they validate human existence and give it meaning. In Dharma Artha Kama Moksha, Devdutt Pattanaik uses his unique understanding of mythology to provide an accessible and lucid guide to the Hindu way of thinking, with short essays that are crisp expositions of important concepts.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Bodh Gaya General Stacks	Non-fiction	294.548 PAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available			IIMG-003235
Book	Kozhikode		294.51 PAT/D (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	Recommended by Prof. Debashis Chatterjee		IIMKO-37213

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Artha-shastra is about generating food, i.e. wealth, by creating goods and services; Kama-shastra is about indulging our hungers with this food. Dharma-shastra insists we consider the hunger of others, while Moksha-shastra is about outgrowing our hungers, in order to be detached and generous. Together, these four Hindu shastras provide a framework within which human action, its purposes and consequences, can be defined; together, they validate human existence and give it meaning.
In Dharma Artha Kama Moksha, Devdutt Pattanaik uses his unique understanding of mythology to provide an accessible and lucid guide to the Hindu way of thinking, with short essays that are crisp expositions of important concepts.

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