Conflicted on Kama: Neither Prudery nor Promiscuity, but Purushartha
[contextly_sidebar id=”DOTefJqFGminalSKhJrwe1SQ5dOZjYdE”] ‘Vatsayana Vana Vaasini’ She who lives in the forest of Vatsayana. What a profoundly subtle and sensuous way, to compliment a lover. Enchanting. But More...
The place of Kāma among other Puruṣārthas: A Sanskrit Poetics perspective
[contextly_sidebar id=”n0nsSB1FAhCbgbNefSACsyIXj1SODuV1″] A goalless life is a life gone waste. Traditional Indian knowledge systems have discussed at length about life-goals and brought them together More...
Kama and Indic Society
The Hindu view of life is ordered by varna-ashrama dharma and the purusharthas, the four goals of human life. The first gives the context of the community, the second of the stage of life and the third of what the More...
A Week with the Purusharthas
The Purusharthas, namely dharma, artha, kama and moksha, have been a central aspect of the Dharmic worldview, guiding the everyday life of millions and ensuring a balanced and harmonious fulfillment of all human More...
Varṇa vyavastha as a conceptual social order that facilitates self-actualization
Introduction “Dharmo viśvasya jagataḥ pratiṣṭhā” declares one of the Śruti texts[1]. This declaration has served as a foundational principle for dharma traditions and generation after generation of More...
Samanya Dharma and Spirituality
Hindu dharma speaks about four fold goals of human life termed as “chaturvidha purushArtha”. “Purusha” means human and “artha” means object or goal. This framework of life wherein each human being has More...
Kumarasambhavam: Kalidasa unravels Shiva to mortals
[contextly_sidebar id=”n1wTFLopBncSKWjuJDu8LOuv2qKi9hkr”] The Kumarasambhavam epic opens with a magnificent hyperbole describing the great Himalayan mountains: The Himalayas is like a great measuring More...