Artha Dictionary

artha:

artha. Wealth, prosperity, material object, thing, aim, purpose, desire.

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artha:

worldly wealth, pursuit of wealth and social status

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Artha: Worldly wealth, the pursuit of wealth and social status.

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Artha:

Artha: Welfare, prosperity; one of the four goals of human life together with Dharma, Kama, Moksha (Righteousness, Endeavour and Liberation) (RRV-5), (LKV). Welfare, prosperity; one of the Four Goals of Human Life together with Dharma, Kama, Moksha (Righteousness, Endeavour and Liberation (RRV-5), (LKV).

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Artha: pursuit of wealth

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artha:

artha (aartha). The distressed, suffering.

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artha:

substance; what requires gathering for human sustenance, i.e. food, wealth, etc.

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Artha:

Artha. Substance; what requires gathering for human sustenance, i.e. food, wealth, etc.

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artha

Economic development, one of the four standard goals of human life.

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artha-vada

The statements of shruti that praise, encourage, or explain rather than enjoin ritual duties. The term is sometimes used perjoratively to indicate flowery praise that cannot be taken literally.

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artha: (Sanskrit) "Goal" or "purpose;" wealth, substance, property, money. Also has the meaning of utility; desire. See: dharma, purushartha.

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A dictionary with common spiritual words from Hinduism and Sanskrit. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Spiritual Dictionary and Hinduism Dictionary.

purushartha: (Sanskrit) "Human wealth or purpose."

The four pursuits in which humans may legitimately engage, also called chaturvarga, "four-fold good" - a basic principle of Hindu ethics.

-       dharma: "Righteous living." The fulfillment of virtue, good works, duties and responsibilities, restraints and observances - performing one's part in the service and upliftment of society. This includes pursuit of truth under a guru of a particular parampara and sampradaya. Dharma is of four primary forms. It is the steady guide for artha and kama.

-       See: dharma.

-       artha: "Wealth." Material welfare and abundance, money, property, possessions. Artha is the pursuit of wealth, guided by dharma. It includes the basic needs - food, money, clothing and shelter - and extends to the wealth required to maintain a comfortable home, raise a family, fulfill a successful career and perform religious duties. The broadest concept of wealth embraces financial independence, freedom from debt, worthy children, good friends, leisure time, faithful servants, trustworthy employees, and the joys of giving, including tithing (dashamamsha), feeding the poor, supporting religious mendicants, worshiping devoutly, protecting all creatures, upholding the family and offering hospitality to guests. Artha measures not only riches but quality of life, providing the personal and social security needed to pursue kama, dharma and moksha. It allows for the fulfillment of the householder's five daily sacrifices, pancha mahayajna: to God, ancestors, devas, creatures and men.

-       See: yajna.

-       kama: "Pleasure, love; enjoyment." Earthly love, aesthetic and cultural fulfillment, pleasures of the world (including sexual), the joys of family, intellectual satisfaction. Enjoyment of happiness, security, creativity, usefulness and inspiration.

-       See: Kama Sutras.

-       moksha: "Liberation." Freedom from rebirth through the ultimate attainment, realization of the Self God, Parasiva. The spiritual attainments and superconscious joys, attending renunciation and yoga leading to Self Realization. Moksha comes through the fulfillment of dharma, artha and kama (known in Tamil as aram, porul and inbam, and explained by Tiruvalluvar in Tirukural) in the current or past lives, so that one is no longer attached to worldly joys or sorrows. It is the supreme goal of life, called paramartha.

See: liberation, moksha.

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artha-arthi:

artha-arthi (-aarthi). One who longs for wealth; the poor.

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parartha:

parartha (paraa-artha). Higher good, truth.

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Artha-pancaka - Sri Ramanuja’s views on the following five subjects

1) sva-svarupa (the constitutional nature of the individual self) ,

2) para-svarupa (the constitutional nature of the individual self in relation to other living beings) ,

3) upaya-svarupa (the means of achieving the highest goal of life - bhakti) ,

4) purusartha-svarupa (the highest goal of life) and

5) virodhi-svarupa (the hinderances to spiritual life).

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padartha:

padartha (padha-artha). Word-meaning; thing, object.

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swartha:

swartha (sva-artha). A person's own interest; selfishness.

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wealth: Artha. Abundance; financial stability.

See: purushartha.

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Paramartha (Sanskrit) [from parama highest, sublime + artha comprehension, aim]

True or supreme self-consciousness; also a great mystic work, which according to legend is said to have been delivered to Nagarjuna by ancient initiates.

Paramartha, in the view of Buddhist initiates, is that final or ultimate goal possible of attainment in the present sevenfold planetary manvantara by the striving and advancing adept. When he has overcome, subdued, and transformed the characteristics of the lower quaternary of his sevenfold constitution so that he lives in the highest part of the upper triad -- when he has attained self-conscious living in his own monadic essence -- he thereupon attains paramartha or that absolute consciousness which, because of its freedom from all human qualifications or characteristics, can equally be called absolute unconsciousness.

Expressed in another way, it is conscious existence as a nirvani. It is the state into which the upper triad of the buddha passes, once the buddha state has been reached. This entrance of the buddha's higher triad into nirvana by no means inhibits his lower quaternary from active service in the world, for his lower quaternary, being washed of all the characteristics of ordinary personality and overshadowed by the buddha's higher triad, is a nirmanakaya of high degree.

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